Anthropic Launches Claude Duet, a Proactive Agent for Professionals

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Anthropic announced Claude Duet, an AI agent that competes with Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots. The company described it as a "proactive agent" that can run in the background, surface tasks to a user and handle a variety of work, aimed at professionals and small business owners. It launches as a research preview, available as a standalone app on iOS and Android and through Claude on the web.

Why it matters：Agentic assistants are becoming the main battleground among AI labs, and Anthropic's move signals the category shifting from chat interfaces to background task execution for business users.

Key points

  • Claude Duet is positioned against Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots.
  • It targets professionals and small business owners.
  • It is available on iOS, Android and the web as a research preview.

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