According to Cointelegraph, artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced the launch of a new version of its Claude AI model on October 22, and released a "computer use" developer beta version.
The beta version allows developers to use an API to enable Claude to autonomously control the mouse cursor, click buttons and fields, and insert text into the user's computer environment.
The video demonstration shows that Claude is able to navigate multiple windows, open new tabs to search for information, and transfer data between windows.
Anthropic hopes that with the new beta, developers will eventually be able to automate any function that a human would perform on a workstation.
The company blog states that Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the first cutting-edge AI model to offer computer-usable features, and is still in the experimental stage and can sometimes be cumbersome and buggy.
The feature is only available to developers through the Claude API, and Anthropic said it was released early to get developer feedback and expects the feature to improve quickly.
Anthropic addressed some of the privacy and security concerns in a blog post, saying the company takes "proactive steps" to promote safe deployment and identify inappropriate use.