Anthropic unveils Claude Duet AI agent app

The Star 4d ago

Oct 21 (Reuters) - Anthropic on ⁠Thursday unveiled Claude Duet, a standalone AI agent ⁠app designed to act as a proactive assistant for professionals and small-business owners, as rivals such as OpenAI and Meta race to develop AI agents that can complete work autonomously on users' behalf.

Duet delivers a daily ⁠briefing and handles tasks ⁠ranging from scheduling meetings to building financial forecasts and ⁠web apps, Anthropic said
Available on iOS, Android and claude.ai through a waitlisted research preview, it monitors ⁠users' connected apps and surfaces items requiring attention rather than waiting for prompts
Duet is built around Anthropic's Opus ⁠5.5 model and is initially available toUS subscribers on Pro and Max plans, sharing existing usage limits
OpenAI last month launched ⁠always-on "dots" agents that pursue user goals across apps such as Slack and Microsoft Teams, while Meta's Muse AI agent drew millions of downloads and fueled investor ⁠interest in autonomous AI services
Duet integrates with over 6,000 connectors in the Claude Marketplace, including Gmail and Slack, and can make purchases via Stripe's Link digital wallet and Shopify's Shop Pay
The AI ⁠lab said Claude Duet requires user approval for sensitive actions, while acknowledging the agent can misjudge urgency and remains less effective at personal tasks such as booking tickets

(Reporting by Anhata Rooprai in Bengaluru; Editing by Shreya Biswas)

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