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Anthropic launches Claude Duet, an always-on AI agent

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Anthropic has released Claude Duet, an AI agent designed to operate proactively and autonomously, even when users are offline. This new tool, powered by Claude Opus 5.5, integrates with services like Gmail, Slack, and Stripe via over 6,000 connectors. Claude Duet requires user approval for sensitive actions such as payments and enters a competitive landscape with similar offerings from xAI, Meta, and OpenAI. AI

IMPACT This launch intensifies competition in the proactive AI agent space, pushing competitors to enhance their own autonomous capabilities.

RANK_REASON Product launch of an always-on agent by a frontier lab. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Anthropic launches Claude Duet, an always-on AI agent

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Product launch of an always-on agent by a frontier lab. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]
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  1. The Decoder TIER_1 English(EN) · Maximilian Schreiner ·

    Anthropic takes on Grok Bot, Meta's Muse, and OpenAI's Dots with its always-on agent "Claude Duet"

    <p><img alt="" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="1152" src="https://the-decoder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Claude-Duet.png" style="height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px;" width="2048" /></p> <p> Anthropic has launched Claude Duet, a proactive AI agent that h…

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