Shut Those Laptops! Anthropic Puts Its Claude Cowork Agent on Your Phone
Anthropic has updated its Claude Cowork AI agent to function on mobile devices and web browsers without requiring a persistent desktop connection. This allows users to run automated digital tasks, such as data synthesis and document generation, even when their primary computer is powered off.
Why it matters
This represents a shift toward more autonomous, cloud-based AI agents that can perform complex workflows without constant human oversight or hardware tethering.
The era of half-cracking a laptop to keep AI agents running comes to a close. On Tuesday, Anthropic announced that Claude Cowork, its AI agent designed to perform digital tasks for you, is expanding beyond the desktop app.
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