MAROKO133 Breaking ai: Anthropic launches Cowork, a Claude Desktop agent that works in you

📌 MAROKO133 Breaking ai: Anthropic launches Cowork, a Claude Desktop agent that wo

Anthropic released Cowork on Monday, a new AI agent capability that extends the power of its wildly successful Claude Code tool to non-technical users — and according to company insiders, the team built the entire feature in approximately a week and a half, largely using Claude Code itself.

The launch marks a major inflection point in the race to deliver practical AI agents to mainstream users, positioning Anthropic to compete not just with OpenAI and Google in conversational AI, but with Microsoft's Copilot in the burgeoning market for AI-powered productivity tools.

"Cowork lets you complete non-technical tasks much like how developers use Claude Code," the company announced via its official Claude account on X. The feature arrives as a research preview available exclusively to Claude Max subscribers — Anthropic's power-user tier priced between $100 and $200 per month — through the macOS desktop application.

For the past year, the industry narrative has focused on large language models that can write poetry or debug code. With Cowork, Anthropic is betting that the real enterprise value lies in an AI that can open a folder, read a messy pile of receipts, and generate a structured expense report without human hand-holding.

How developers using a coding tool for vacation research inspired Anthropic's latest product

The genesis of Cowork lies in Anthropic's recent success with the developer community. In late 2024, the company released Claude Code, a terminal-based tool that allowed software engineers to automate rote programming tasks. The tool was a hit, but Anthropic noticed a peculiar trend: users were forcing the coding tool to perform non-coding labor.

According to Boris Cherny, an engineer at Anthropic, the company observed users deploying the developer tool for an unexpectedly diverse array of tasks.

"Since we launched Claude Code, we saw people using it for all sorts of non-coding work: doing vacation research, building slide decks, cleaning up your email, cancelling subscriptions, recovering wedding photos from a hard drive, monitoring plant growth, controlling your oven," Cherny wrote on X. "These use cases are diverse and surprising — the reason is that the underlying Claude Agent is the best agent, and Opus 4.5 is the best model."

Recognizing this shadow usage, Anthropic effectively stripped the command-line complexity from their developer tool to create a consumer-friendly interface. In its blog post announcing the feature, Anthropic explained that developers "quickly began using it for almost everything else," which "prompted us to build Cowork: a simpler way for anyone — not just developers — to work with Claude in the very same way."

Inside the folder-based architecture that lets Claude read, edit, and create files on your computer

Unlike a standard chat interface where a user pastes text for analysis, Cowork requires a different level of trust and access. Users designate a specific folder on their local machine that Claude can access. Within that sandbox, the AI agent can read existing files, modify them, or create entirely new ones.

Anthropic offers several illustrative examples: reorganizing a cluttered downloads folder by sorting and intelligently renaming each file, generating a spreadsheet of expenses from a collection of receipt screenshots, or drafting a report from scattered notes across multiple documents.

"In Cowork, you give Claude access to a folder on your computer. Claude can then read, edit, or create files in that folder," the company explained on X. "Try it to create a spreadsheet from a pile of screenshots, or produce a first draft from scattered notes."

The architecture relies on what is known as an "agentic loop." When a user assigns a task, the AI does not merely generate a text response. Instead, it formulates a plan, executes steps in parallel, checks its own work, and asks for clarification if it hits a roadblock. Users can queue multiple tasks and let Claude process them simultaneously — a workflow Anthropic describes as feeling "much less like a back-and-forth and much more like leaving messages for a coworker."

The system is built on Anthropic's Claude Agent SDK, meaning it shares the same underlying architecture as Claude Code. Anthropic notes that Cowork "can take on many of the same tasks that Claude Code can handle, but in a more approachable form for non-coding tasks."

The recursive loop where AI builds AI: Claude Code reportedly wrote much of Claude Cowork

Perhaps the most remarkable detail surrounding Cowork's launch is the speed at which the tool was reportedly built — highlighting a recursive feedback loop where AI tools are being used to build better AI tools.

During a livestream hosted by Dan Shipper, Felix Rieseberg, an Anthropic employee, confirmed that the team built Cowork in approximately a week and a half.

Alex Volkov, who covers AI developments, expressed surprise at the timeline: "Holy shit Anthropic built 'Cowork' in the last… week and a half?!"

This prompted immediate speculation about how much of Cowork was itself built by Claude Code. Simon Smith, EVP of Generative AI at Klick Health, put it bluntly on X: "Claude Code wrote all of Claude Cowork. Can we all agree that we're in at least somewhat of a recursive improvement loop here?"

The implication is profound: Anthropic's AI coding agent may have substantially contributed to building its own non-technical sibling product. If true, this is one of the most visible examples yet of AI systems being used to accelerate their own development and expansion — a strategy that could widen the gap between AI labs that successfully deploy their own agents internally and those that do not.

Connectors, browser automation, and skills extend Cowork's reach beyond the local file system

Cowork doesn't operate in isolation. The feature integrates with Anthropic's existing ecosystem of connectors — tools that link Claude to external information sources and services such as Asana, Notion, PayPal, and other supported partners. Users who have configured these connections in the standard Claude interface can leverage them within Cowork sessions.

Additionally, Cowork can pair with Claude in Chrome, Anthropic's browser…

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🔗 Sumber: venturebeat.com

📌 MAROKO133 Breaking ai: Kung fu ‘master’: China’s new humanoid robot nails tough

Agibot has unveiled the Expedition A3 humanoid robot, showcasing dynamic mid-air maneuvers and rapid spinning movements.

A video shows the robot executing a sequence of high-difficulty Kung Fu maneuvers, including aerial flying kicks, back-to-back airborne strikes, and controlled mid-air steps.

Experts highlight that the action showcases its advanced balance, coordination, and dynamic motion capabilities, pushing humanoid robotics closer to real-world agility and dynamic combat-style movement.

Last week, the Chinese robotics firm staged Agibot Night, a 60-minute robot-led gala featuring 16 humanoids performing music, dance, and comedy.

Immersive AI humanoid

Agibot claims the stunts were filmed entirely in real-world conditions without CGI or AI-generated effects. The video shows the robot executing a continuous sequence of complex movements inside a training studio, highlighting its balance, coordination, and full-body control, reports Pan Daily.

Expedition A3 is built for high-frequency interactive settings such as retail guidance, promotional events, and entertainment performances. Instead of focusing on isolated technical demonstrations, the platform is designed to provide immersive, multimodal interaction services.

The robot features highly anthropomorphic full-body degrees of freedom, including a flexible waist engineered to mirror the human range of motion. A lightweight exoskeleton-style leg structure improves stability and agility. Its robotic arms can handle payloads of up to 3 kilograms, with a tool center point speed reaching 2 meters per second, reports Pan Daily.

Battery capacity has been enhanced through an embedded dual-battery torso system, extending operating time to up to eight hours. Fast battery-swapping technology enables coverage of a full work shift.

An end-to-end large AI model powers wake-word-free conversations and shoulder-tap activation for more natural interaction. Mass production is planned for 2026, with shipments projected to exceed 5,100 units by the end of 2025 and potentially reach tens of thousands in 2026.

Robots take stage

Agibot staged Agibot Night, a 60-minute gala in Shanghai on February 7, led entirely by robots powered by embodied intelligence. Sixteen humanoid robots performed music, dance, and comedy, executing flips, rapid spins, synchronized group routines, and runway-style walks with steady balance and precise timing.

The event was designed to be more than just a product showcase. According to company executives, it marked a milestone demonstrating how embodied intelligence is moving from laboratory research into real-world social and cultural environments. Sustained, high-intensity performances also served as a live test of system stability, coordination, and consistency across multiple robots operating simultaneously.

Collaborative acts featured human performers dancing alongside Agibot’s G2 humanoid robots and D1 quadruped robots, highlighting real-time motion alignment between people and machines. Other segments included card magic, floating illusions, and comedic skits, in which humanoids displayed improved timing, expressive behavior, and coordinated role interactions.

The company presented its full robot lineup. The A2 series handled multimodal interaction and autonomous navigation in presentation settings. The compact X2 series demonstrated natural conversation and human-like walking suited to education and entertainment. The industrial G2 series focused on force-controlled handling for factories and logistics, while the D1 quadruped robots showcased mobility for inspection and operational tasks.

In January, Agibot announced its entry into the US humanoid market at CES 2026, unveiling ready-to-use embodied robots. The lineup includes three humanoids and one quadruped designed for real-world deployment.

🔗 Sumber: interestingengineering.com