What Happened
Anthropic is joining the increasingly crowded field of companies with AI agents that can take direct control of your local computer desktop.
Why It Matters
The company has announced that Claude Code (and its more casual user-oriented Claude Cowork) can now "point, click, and navigate what’s on your screen" to "open files, use the browser, and run dev tools automatically" when necessary to complete tasks.
Key Details
- When possible, Anthropic says Claude Code and Cowork will still prioritize using Connectors to directly access and control outside apps or data sources.
- When that connection isn't available, though, those tools are now able to ask permission to "scroll, click to open, and explore as needed" on the machine itself to do what's asked.
- This kind of direct control of the computer can also be initiated and managed remotely via Claude's Dispatch tool as long as the target computer remains powered on.
- An Anthropic video shows some examples of tasks Claud Code can complete on your desktop via Dispatch.
Background Context
Anthropic is joining the increasingly crowded field of companies with AI agents that can take direct control of your local computer desktop. The company has announced that Claude Code (and its more casual user-oriented Claude Cowork) can now "point, click, and navigate what’s on your screen" to "open files, use the browser, and run dev tools automatically" when necessary to complete tasks. When possible, Anthropic says Claude Code and Cowork will still prioritize using Connectors to directly access and control outside apps or data sources. When that connection isn't available, though, those tools are now able to ask permission to "scroll, click to open, and explore as needed" on the machine
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Source: Ars Technica – All content – Original Link
Source: Ars Technica – All content
