Anthropic unveils Claude Duet AI agent app

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 to US 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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