That means you can now set up Cowork on your computer, close it, and have projects run independently, sending updates and confirmation requests to your phone or the web.
While releasing this update, Anthropic is also revealing a few usage stats for the app. It turns out, it is hardly used for coding or software design at all.
Rather, 90% of usage is knowledge work and business operations; things like drafting memos and reports from raw data, or turning a contacts list or transcripts into sales leads.
These are routine tasks that involve a lot of data parsing or housekeeping that are essential parts of office work, but is rarely advertised. Anthropic calls it «work around the work.»
The new features should be available on claude.ai and in the sidebar of the iOS or Android apps, rolling out «over the next several weeks» for Max users, with «more plans to follow.»
Read more: Anthropic’s announcement, launch thread, TechCrunch and The Verge.