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Claude duet app launches in US: Anthropic’s new AI agent can work while you are asleep and tell you what n
Anthropic unveiled Claude Duet, a standalone AI agent app designed as a proactive assistant for professionals and small businesses.
Key takeaways
- Anthropic unveiled Claude Duet as a standalone proactive AI agent app.
- Claude Duet works proactively in the background using a virtual computer with its own browser.
- The app requires approval before sending messages, making payments, signing documents, or deleting items.
- Actions like trading stocks or transferring money between accounts are forbidden even with user approval.
- The research preview is initially limited to Claude Pro and Max subscribers in the US via a waitlist.
Anthropic unveiled Claude Duet, a standalone AI agent app designed as a proactive assistant for professionals and small businesses. Unlike traditional chatbots, Claude Duet monitors connected apps, delivers morning briefings, and completes background tasks like scheduling, building web apps, and financial forecasting using a virtual computer. The tool is available in the US as a research preview for Claude Pro and Max subscribers on iOS, Android, and web via a waitlist. Anthropic built security safeguards requiring user approval for critical actions like payments or sending messages, while blocking high-risk transactions like stock trading entirely.
Marks Anthropic's entry into autonomous background AI agents competing directly with OpenAI and Meta.
In their words
“We built Claude Duet for professionals and small business with more on their plates than they can track”
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Common questions
- What happened with Anthropic?
- Anthropic unveiled Claude Duet as a standalone proactive AI agent app.
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