"This poor track record makes Anthropic's latest agent, Claude Cowork, a pleasant surprise. When I tested it by running it through some basic and intermediate demos the company suggested in addition to my own commands, it worked fairly well-especially for software that's still in beta. It can do things like organize files into folders, convert file types, generate reports, and even take over the browser to search the web or tidy up a Gmail inbox."
"Last year, Anthropic nurtured a cult following for its Claude Code tool among developers who loved its ability to understand codebases and run commands, with tech staffers across San Francisco using it for their work seemingly all the time. But most people aren't members of some buzzy startup's technical staff. "We tried a bunch of different ideas to see what form factor would make sense for a less technical audience that doesn't want to use a terminal," says Boris Cherny, Anthropic's head of Claude Code. For the past two months, Cherny has written all of his code with AI. Cowork was built using AI tools."
Generative AI agents often overpromise and struggle to complete basic computing tasks. Anthropic has released Claude Cowork, a research-preview agent that performs file organization, file-type conversion, report generation, and browser automation to search the web or tidy a Gmail inbox. Cowork adapts capabilities from a developer-focused coding tool while providing a more approachable interface for nontechnical users. Development incorporated AI-written code, and early demos show reasonably good performance for beta software. The tool signals a potential improvement in user experience for file management and computer interfaces.
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