Anthropic Gives Claude Full Control of Mac Desktops in Agent Push Against OpenClaw
Anthropic gave Claude direct control of Mac desktops on Monday, letting the AI click, type, and work through apps. The feature shipped four weeks after acquiring Vercept AI, whose team went from onboarding to a live product in under a month. OSWorld scores jumped from under 15% to 72.5%. But the company that clashed with federal agencies over AI weapons restrictions is now handing users' screens to an AI agent. What could go wrong is not a rhetorical question.
Anthropic on Monday launched a research-preview feature that lets Claude directly control a Mac's mouse, keyboard, and screen to complete tasks through both Claude Cowork and Claude Code, the company said. The "computer use" capability is available for Claude Pro and Max subscribers on macOS, with Claude falling back to raw screen interaction only when its built-in app connectors cannot handle a job. The release follows Anthropic's February 25 acquisition of Vercept AI, a desktop-automation startup, and extends the company's push into AI agents as the category heats up around the viral OpenClaw framework.
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