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Anthropic Claude AI agent controlling a computer desktop

Anthropic's Claude Can Now Control Your Computer — The AI Agent Race Just Got Real

Remember when AI assistants could only talk about helping you? Those days are officially over. Anthropic just dropped what might be the most consequential AI update of 2026: Claude can now take control of your Mac. Not metaphorically — it literally moves your cursor, clicks buttons, types into fields, and navigates your apps. You can text Claude from your phone while grabbing coffee, and by the time you sit back down, your pitch deck is exported, attached to a calendar invite, and ready to go. ...

Anthropic's Claude Can Now Control Your Mac — And the AI Agent War Just Got Real

Anthropic just gave Claude the keys to your Mac. On Monday, Anthropic announced that Claude can now take control of a user’s computer to complete tasks — opening apps, navigating browsers, filling spreadsheets, moving files, and doing the kind of digital busywork that devours hours of your day. You message Claude from your phone, it gets to work on your desktop like an invisible assistant sitting at your keyboard. This isn’t a concept demo or a developer API buried in docs. It’s a consumer-facing feature, available now in research preview for Claude Pro and Max subscribers on macOS. And it signals something bigger: the agentic AI arms race isn’t theoretical anymore. It’s shipping. ...

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OpenAI's GPT-5.4 Can Control Your Computer — And It's Better at It Than You Are

There’s a moment in every technology cycle where something shifts from “impressive demo” to “wait, this actually works.” OpenAI’s GPT-5.4, launched this week, might be that moment for agentic AI. For the first time, OpenAI’s flagship model can natively control a computer — clicking buttons, navigating apps, writing and executing code — and it does it better than most humans on standardized benchmarks. On OSWorld-Verified, which measures an AI’s ability to operate a desktop via screenshots and keyboard/mouse input, GPT-5.4 scored 75%. The human baseline? 72.4%. ...

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Anthropic Just Bought the Startup That Lets AI Use Your Computer

The smartest chatbot in the world is still just a chatbot. Anthropic knows this — and it’s spending aggressively to change it. On Wednesday, Anthropic acquired Vercept, a Seattle-based startup that built AI agents capable of remotely operating a full MacBook. It’s the company’s second major acqui-hire in three months, following its December purchase of Bun (the engine behind Claude Code). The message is clear: Anthropic isn’t building a better conversation partner. It’s building a digital employee. ...