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OpenAI's Codex Desktop can run your computer now - and has its own browser

From coding tool to productivity powerhouse, Codex Desktop adds computer control, automation memory, and plugin support. But ...
Ars Technica

Claude Code can now take over your computer to complete tasks

I mean, Microsoft already took over my windows installation with unwanted AI slop. It's why I converted to a Linux installation. I'm surprised Microsoft isn't suing Anthropic and all these other ...
Ars Technica

Claude Code can now take over your computer to complete tasks

Anthropic is joining the increasingly crowded field of companies with AI agents that can take direct control of your local computer desktop. The company has announced that Claude Code (and its more ...
SiliconANGLE

Anthropic’s Claude gets computer use capabilities in preview

Anthropic PBC wants users to give Claude the keys to their computer, announcing new “computer use” functionality for its artificial intelligence assistant so it can now click, scroll and navigate ...
Computerworld

Claude Code and Cowork can now use your computer

Anthropic’s Claude is getting a new feature that allows the AI model to use your computer to perform tasks automatically. Both Cowork and Code can then navigate the screen by pointing, clicking, and ...
Engadget

Claude Code and Cowork can now use your computer

Anthropic announced today that its Claude Code and Claude Cowork tools are being updated to accomplish tasks using your computer. The latest update will see these AI resources become capable of ...
Business Insider

A top Anthropic engineer warns AI agents will transform every computer-based job in America — and it will be 'painful'

Claude Code's creator is warning that job titles across the US are set to transform. He says some will rapidly change this year. Anthropic's AI agent, which just received an update, is getting better ...
Science Daily

Scientists reveal why human language isn’t like computer code

Human language may seem messy and inefficient compared to the ultra-compact strings of ones and zeros used by computers—but our brains actually prefer it that way. New research reveals that while ...
Reuters

Not all computer code protected as speech, US appeals court finds in ghost gun case

Court rules not all computer code is protected under First Amendment's free speech shield Gun website loses bid to revive lawsuit over ghost gun code Lawsuit followed New Jersey crackdown on ghost ...
The New York Times

How Computer Warfare Is Becoming Part of the Pentagon’s Arsenal

The military tested a new approach in Venezuela and during strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. By Julian E. Barnes and Adam Sella Reporting from Washington The United States used cyberweapons in ...
Computerworld

Anthropic releases Cowork – Claude Code directly on your computer

Anthropic has released a new AI tool, Cowork, that allows users to collaborate with the AI model Claude directly in their computer files. Not just via text chat. The tool is based on the same ...