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Claude Cowork
AI Market Atlas · by Pro Pluribus
Anthropic
Agent for knowledge work, now built into the main Claude app.
Same job, different name: ≈ ChatGPT Work ≈ Gemini Agent ≈ Copilot Cowork.
What it offers
Main offerings
- Cowork
- Multi-step tasks across your files, connectors and browser; produces finished work. New Pro and Max tasks run in the cloud (6 Oct).
- Claude in Chrome
- Browser agent (generally available 26 Aug).
Recent news
- New Cowork tasks on Pro and Max now run in the cloud onlyThe "only on your computer" option is gone; local folders still need the desktop app open.Claude Help Center ↗
- Anthropic folds Cowork into Claude chat, launches Claude Docs and SlidesClaude drops to two modes (Chat and Code), a sign agentic desktop work is becoming the default chat experienceVentureBeat ↗
- Claude and Cowork now share one memoryWhat users tell chat now carries into agent tasks, which deepens lock-in and personalizationThe Register ↗
- Claude Cowork expands to mobile and web in betaMoves Cowork beyond the desktop app so agent sessions and files are reachable from any device, starting with MaxTechCrunch ↗
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