Claude Cowork lets AI organize your files and create documents while you step away

Anthropic has released Cowork, a new feature that extends Claude’s capabilities beyond coding to general knowledge work. The tool is available as a research preview for Claude Max subscribers on macOS. Cowork allows users to grant Claude access to specific folders on their computer. The AI assistant can then read, edit, and create files within …

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The snack revolution that ended in a communist coup

Anthropic’s Claude AI model recently took over the management of a vending machine in the Wall Street Journal newsroom. The experiment aimed to test the autonomy and business logic of AI agents in a real-world setting. Joanna Stern reports for the Wall Street Journal that the project quickly devolved into financial chaos and social engineering. …

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Anthropic releases enterprise AI skills as open standard

Anthropic has released Agent Skills as an open standard, making the technology available across different AI platforms. The company first introduced skills in October as a way to teach Claude repeatable workflows. Now the system works beyond Claude, with Microsoft, Cursor, and other platforms adopting it. Skills are folders containing instructions and scripts that tell …

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OpenAI and Anthropic join forces to standardize AI agent technology

Anthropic has transferred ownership of its Model Context Protocol to the newly established Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation. The foundation was co-founded by Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI, with additional support from Google, Microsoft, AWS, Cloudflare, and Bloomberg. The Model Context Protocol serves as a universal standard for connecting AI applications …

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Best AI for content creation: ChatGPT vs. Gemini vs. Copilot vs. Claude

ChatGPT is the pioneer and most used platform when it comes to generative AI. But is it still the best choice? On this page, I’ll give you an overview of the market leader and three of its strongest competitors: Google’s Gemini, Microsoft’s Copilot, and Claude from the quickly growing startup Anthropic. My question: Which of …

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Claude Opus 4.5 brings lower prices and new features

The AI company Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.5, its latest flagship model. The launch is accompanied by a significant price reduction, new product features, and performance claims that position it competitively against models from rivals like OpenAI and Google. According to Anthropic, Claude Opus 4.5 delivers state-of-the-art performance, particularly in software engineering and complex …

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Anthropic pursues faster profitability while OpenAI focuses on aggressive growth

Financial documents from artificial intelligence startups Anthropic and OpenAI reveal two vastly different business strategies. Berber Jin reports for The Wall Street Journal that Anthropic is on a path to become profitable much faster than its larger rival by taking a more cautious approach to growth. The documents, which were shared with investors, show that …

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Anthropic’s Claude chatbot gains a memory feature for paid users

The AI company Anthropic has expanded its “Memory” feature, previously exclusive to enterprise clients, to all paid subscribers of its Claude chatbot, including Pro and Max plan users. According to the company, the feature is designed to create a more personalized and efficient user experience by allowing the chatbot to remember context and preferences from …

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Anthropic introduces ‘Skills’ to customize Claude for specific workflows

AI company Anthropic has launched a new feature called “Skills” for its Claude series of models. According to the company, Skills are designed to equip its AI with specialized expertise for specific tasks, making it more useful for business and professional workflows. The feature is available for users of Claude’s Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise …

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Claude Haiku 4.5 offers high performance at a lower cost

Anthropic has launched Claude Haiku 4.5, its latest small and efficient AI model. The company states that the new model delivers performance comparable to its Sonnet 4 model, which was considered state-of-the-art just five months prior. According to Anthropic, Haiku 4.5 achieves this at one-third the cost and more than twice the speed of Sonnet …

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