Anthropic previews Claude Duet, an AI agent that works in the background

Anthropic has opened a waitlist for Claude Duet, a new app that lets its AI assistant keep working in the background while users are away.

The company announced the research preview on 21 October, adding to the growing competition to build AI agents that can handle tasks with less supervision.

The preview is available to Pro and Max subscribers in the US, through iOS, Android, and claude.ai. It is included in existing subscriptions at no extra cost, although work done…