Anthropic rolls out Claude Duet, an agent that works while you're away
Anthropic just introduced Claude Duet, a proactive AI agent app powered by Claude Opus 5.5, currently in research preview for US Pro and Max subscribers. Running on its own virtual machine, Duet monitors connected apps like Gmail and Slack in the background, delivers morning briefings, and tackles multi-step projects. Why it matters: AI is moving from reactive chatbots to proactive workers, though Duet still waits for human approval before sending messages or spending money.