Anthropic announces Claude Duet AI agent in research preview
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Anthropic announced Claude Duet, an AI agent for professionals and small businesses in research preview. Available by waitlist to Pro and Max subscribers in the US, on iOS, Android, and the web, the system is built on Claude Opus 5.5, monitors connected apps, sends a morning brief, and performs tasks in a virtual machine with its own browser. It can create dashboards, financial forecasts, and web apps; according to TechCrunch, it connects to more than 6,000 connectors and plugins and can make online purchases, but it does not trade securities or move money between accounts.
The agent asks for approval before sensitive actions such as payments, and Anthropic says a new classifier will reject requests to share credit card numbers and government identification by default. Xataka notes that Duet arrives after Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s Dots, focusing on work and productivity while competing agents are more focused on personal errands.
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By combining app monitoring, proactive briefings, and task execution in a virtual environment, Claude Duet could expand the role of AI agents in everyday work. Approval for sensitive actions and default blocking of personal data, according to Anthropic, also highlight the security boundaries needed for this use.
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