Anthropic has given its AI assistant Claude the ability to take direct control of a user’s desktop, opening applications, clicking through menus, and typing into fields the same way a person would.

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

Have you ever wished your computer could just understand what you want it to do—without the endless clicking, typing, and navigating? Whether it’s filling out a form, searching for something online, ...

Users begin by describing their desired outcome, the company said, then, “Perplexity Computer breaks it into tasks and subtasks, creating sub-agents for execution. The sub-agents might do web research ...