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Anthropic's Claude Cowork heads to the cloud as data shows 90% of sessions aren't for coding
ZDNET • • technology
Key Points:
- Anthropic has expanded Claude Cowork, its AI helper, to web and mobile platforms, enabling users to start, monitor, and complete tasks across devices without needing their desktop active.
- Claude Cowork focuses on automating "the work around the work," such as administrative tasks like managing emails and organizing files, which consume significant professional time but are not core job functions.
- Usage data from 1.2 million sessions shows that over 90% of Cowork activities are non-coding tasks, with business processes and content creation making up nearly half of the usage.
- The desktop version remains essential for deep work involving local files and browser access, while the web and mobile beta versions are currently available to Max plan subscribers with plans to expand access.
- Anthropic has extended doubled usage limits for Cowork through August 5 and highlights that mobile notifications allow users to approve or clarify AI actions remotely, maintaining user control over workflows.
