Claude Duet is a proactive AI agent from Anthropic that runs tasks on your behalf, briefs you each morning, and only interrupts when decisions are needed. Built on Opus 5.5, it inherits your Claude memory, skills, and connected apps so a single thread holds history and finished work. It can build dashboards, decks, and checklists, draft emails and replies, hunt down unpaid invoices, prepare payroll for review, and manage operational details like permits and store openings. Examples show Duet compiling a daily “Marlo Pulse” health snapshot from POS, Shopify, CRM, support inbox and payroll, rebuilding a Series A deck, and flagging items that need approval while handling routine steps itself.
Privacy and safety are emphasized: sensitive actions require your approval and some checks run in a cloud compute environment tied to your account. Duet integrates with over 6,000 connectors and plugins (Stripe, Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, QuickBooks, DocuSign, Notion, etc.) and is available as a standalone iOS/Android app and web app. It’s currently a US research preview for Claude Pro and Max subscribers via a waitlist; Team and Enterprise customers aren’t included yet. Background task usage counts toward plan limits, and Duet can misread priority or miss items between check-ins while it’s still in development.
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OVHcloud, a French cloud computing company, aims to develop frontier AI models to become Europe's second large language model (LLM) provider by 2026. The company is investing in AI research to expand its presence in the AI industry. (reuters.com)
Claude Duet is a new AI app for professionals and small business owners that acts as a proactive assistant, managing tasks and priorities. It is available for iOS, Android, and web, and offers a research preview for Pro and Max subscribers. (claude.com)
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