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Megan Cerullo

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Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to discuss her reporting.

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October 23, 2026 / 10:52 AM EDT / CBS News

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Anthropic has joined the race to develop AI agents that work autonomously on behalf of humans with Claude Duet, a new app it previewed this week.

The agent competes with Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots, rival developers' agents that are already popular with consumers.

Claude Duet is only available by waitlist as a research preview for Claude U.S.…