AI software company Anthropic has announced a new tool that can take control of the user's mouse cursor and perform basic tasks on their computer.

Anthropic has released a new tool that can use a computer like humans, by moving the mouse cursor, clicking on buttons, and typing on the keyboard. Simply known as “Computer Use,” the tool is in beta and available exclusively with the firm's mid-range 3.5 Sonnet model via the API.

Its Claude tool can use what’s on someone’s computer screen to “take over” next steps: by searching the internet, moving their cursor, clicking buttons, and typing text.

Anthropic’s latest Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI model has a new feature in public beta that can control a computer by looking at a screen, moving a cursor, clicking buttons, and typing text. The new feature,

Anthropic has introduced a significant update to its Claude AI assistant, enabling it to control a computer, with the new feature, ‘computer use,’ now available in public beta. This functionality allows Claude to simulate human interactions with a computer by “looking” at the screen,