Anthropic’s Claude can now use a person’s computer to complete tasks as the company looks to create an AI agent that can rival the viral OpenClaw. Users can now message Claude a task from a phone, and the AI agent will then complete that task, Anthropic announced Monday. After being prompted, Claude can open apps on your computer, navigate a web browser and fill in spreadsheets, Anthropic said. One prompt Anthropic demonstrated in a video posted Monday is a user running late for a meeting. The user asks Claude to export a pitch deck as a PDF file and attach it to a meeting invite. The video shows Claude carrying out the task. The latest update from Anthropic underscores the push from AI firms to create so-called “agents” that can autonomously carry out tasks on behalf of users at any time of day.

Anthropic is trialling a feature that lets users send prompts to Claude from a smartphone.