Anthropic says it is teaching its Claude AI model to perform general computing tasks based on prompts. In demonstration videos, the model is shown controlling the cursor of a computer to conduct research for an outing on the town, searching the web for places to visit near the user’s home and even adding an itinerary to their desktop calendar.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available as a beta for developers to try out now. It can view a screen, move a cursor, click buttons, and even input text. It's not perfect, but neither are you!

The move represents a small step toward a future where AIs don’t just generate content but control other systems and devices.