Anthropic's Claude Can Now Take Control of Your Computer
Claude just got hands. Anthropic's computer control feature marks the shift from chatbot to agent—and your workflow just changed.

Why it matters
Anthropic is shipping agentic capabilities (computer control) as a product feature, signaling the market transition from conversational AI to autonomous agents. This is a direct competitive move against similar launches from OpenAI and others in the agent-layer race.
The key facts
5 to knowClaude gains computer control capability
Part of wave of personal agent application releases
Published March 24, 2026 — recent/breaking
Positions Claude as agentic agent, not just LLM chat
Competitive signal against OpenAI agent roadmap
Go to the source
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Publisher excerpt: The new capability is the latest release in a wave of personal agent applications.