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Anthropic's Cowork: Built in 10 Days, It Turns Claude into a File-Fiddling Agent

Anthropic whipped up Cowork in just a week and a half, mostly using Claude itself. Now non-coders get an agent that rummages through files like a digital intern.

Anthropic Cowork interface showing Claude sorting a cluttered Downloads folder into organized subfolders

⚑ Key Takeaways

  • Anthropic built Cowork in ~10 days using Claude Code itself, showcasing self-bootstrapping AI.
  • Inspired by devs misusing coding tools for everyday tasks like expense reports and file sorting.
  • Agentic loop enables autonomous file read/edit/create, positioning it against Copilot in productivity.

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Originally reported by VentureBeat - AI

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