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Anthropic launches unified AI agent tool "Cowork" and new Labs division

Anthropic has launched "Cowork," a unified product suite that bundles prior work like Claude Code and Claude for Chrome into a single, cohesive agent experience. This initiative is part of a broader reorganization within the company, where Mike Krieger and Ben Mann will lead a new agent lab focused on productizing Claude, backed by over $1 billion in annual recurring revenue. The launch emphasizes agent UX converging on providing models with file system and shell access within a sandboxed environment, with a focus on iterative development and human review. AI

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Anthropic launches unified AI agent tool "Cowork" and new Labs division

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    Anthropic Labs: Cowork, Claude Code, MCP, Skills incubator led by Mike Krieger and Ben Mann

    **Anthropic** consolidates its AI agent products under the **Cowork** brand, integrating prior tools like **Claude Code** and **Claude for Chrome** into a unified agent with sandboxed Linux VM environments using **Apple's virtualization** and **bubblewrap** for security. Meanwhil…