Agents · Updated 22 Oct, 02:05 pm IST
Anthropic launches Claude Duet, a proactive AI agent for professionals
Why it matters for readers: It’s a concrete example of an AI that proactively watches your apps and asks permission before doing sensitive things.
- Claude Duet is a research-preview AI agent built on Claude Opus 5.5 and available as a standalone iOS, Android app and on the web.134
- The agent proactively monitors connected apps, sends a morning brief of important items, and notifies users only when attention is needed.124
- It runs tasks on a virtual machine with a browser so users' devices do not need to stay on, and it asks for approval before sensitive steps like payments.124
- Access is being offered through a waitlist for US Claude Pro and Max subscribers, and Team/Enterprise plans are not included yet.24
- Claude Duet supports thousands of connectors (Anthropic says more than 6,000) to services such as Gmail, Slack, Stripe and Shopify.34
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