Anthropic says Claude can now use your computer to finish tasks for you in AI agent push

Anthropic and its rivals are trying to ramp up capabilities of AI agents after OpenClaw went viral earlier this year.
AOL

What is a computer use agent?

What is a computer use agent? One of the big downsides of AI chatbots was that they were originally limited to their conversational interface, but that's now changing. With Claude computer use and ...
TechRepublic

Microsoft’s New ‘Fara-7B’ AI Agent Rivals GPT-4o, Runs Locally on Your PC

Microsoft’s Fara-7B is a 7B-parameter computer-use agent that runs locally on PCs, rivals GPT-4o on web tasks, and adds safety checkpoints for risky actions. Microsoft has unveiled Fara-7B, a compact ...
VentureBeat

Perplexity takes its ‘Computer’ AI agent into the enterprise, taking aim at Microsoft and Salesforce

Perplexity, the AI-powered search company valued at $20 billion, announced on Wednesday at its inaugural Ask 2026 developer conference that its multi-model AI agent, Computer, is now available to ...
Neowin

Microsoft 365 Copilot's Researcher agent can now take action with 'Computer Use'

Microsoft is updating the Researcher agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot with a new "Computer Use" capability to move beyond public web searches. Back in June, Microsoft announced the new Researcher agent ...
Android

Anthropic Claude AI Can Now Get Full Control Over Your Computer

Anthropic has launched a “computer use” feature for Claude, allowing the AI agent to control macOS desktops to perform tasks like editing files and navigating browsers. It aims to compete with the ...