Anthropic's new Cowork tool offers Claude coding help to non-experts (www.techradar.com)

Anthropic has announced the launch of Cowork, a new tool designed to provide coding assistance and task automation for non-experts using its AI model, Claude. Positioned as "Claude Code for the rest of your work," Cowork operates as an AI agent, capable of executing tasks autonomously and updating users throughout the process. Currently available for $100 per month to Max subscribers on macOS, it allows users to generate expense reports from screenshots, draft documents from notes, and manage their email inboxes more efficiently. The significance of Cowork lies in its advanced functionality that transcends simple interactions, moving toward a more integrated and proactive assistance approach for users. With built-in extensions and connectors for third-party services, the tool can perform web-based tasks, enhancing productivity across applications. However, Anthropic has cautioned about potential risks, such as accidental data deletion and vulnerabilities to prompt injection attacks, urging users to approach the tool with awareness of these pitfalls. Future developments include expanding Cowork's availability to Windows and creating a waitlist for those outside the subscription model, highlighting the tool’s anticipated impact and reach within the AI/ML community.