Anthropic just changed the script on artificial intelligence with Claude Duet. Instead of sitting idle waiting for you to type a prompt, Duet proactively works in the background and reaches out to you first. Every morning, it delivers a short phone notification summarizing updates from connected tools like Gmail, Slack, and GitHub, checking back every few hours only when something urgent needs your eyes. For example, powered by Opus 5.5, it can spot overnight login complaints in your customer emails, correlate them with team discussions in Slack, and pinpoint the exact GitHub pull request that caused the bug before more users get affected.
Duet operates on dedicated cloud virtual machines provided by Anthropic, meaning it keeps running smoothly even when your laptop and phone are switched off. While it can automate tedious workflows like drafting apology emails to impacted customers, it never sends messages, makes payments, or deletes files without your explicit permission, while built-in classifiers keep private info like credit cards safe. If you join the research preview waitlist, make sure to set specific instructions for what you want monitored, as these autonomous background checks consume your active usage limits.
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