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Anthropic launches Cowork, a Claude Desktop agent that works in your files — no coding required

Anthropic is moving beyond conversational AI into practical agent-based productivity tools, directly competing with Microsoft Copilot. The speed of development and evidence that Claude Code built much of Cowork signals a recursive AI-acceleration loop that could widen the gap between leading labs and the rest of the industry.

Why it ranks · · Cowork built in ~10 days, reportedly with Claude Code handling substantial portions · 2026-01-12

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