Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cowork can control your computer

Claude will ask you for permission to autonomously perform taks on your computer. | Image by Anthropic

Anthropic has updated Claude to perform tasks in its Code and Cowork AI tools autonomously by using your computer for you. The new feature can be used to automatically open files, use web browsers and apps, and run dev tools "with no setup required," even when you're away from your computer, according to Anthropic's announcement.

These new capabilities are available as a research preview for Claude Pro and Max subscribers...