Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cowork can control your computer

Summary

Anthropic has updated Claude Code and Cowork so Claude can carry out tasks autonomously on a user's computer, including opening files, using web browsers and apps, and running dev tools, even when the user is away. The feature is a research preview for Claude Pro and Max subscribers and is limited to macOS "for now."

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