Anthropic is introducing a new AI assistant that can proactively manage tasks across connected apps, keep track of emails and calendars, and continue working even when the app is closed. Here are the details.

’A proactive agent that understands what needs your attention’

Anthropic today announced Claude Duet, an always-on AI agent currently rolling out as a research preview to Pro and Max subscribers in the US, with access gradually rolling out via a waitlist.

The feature is included at no additional cost, but counts toward existing plan usage limits, including work performed in the background, which the company notes could cause users to reach those limits “sooner than with chat alone.”

Here’s Anthropic on its new proactive AI assistant:

Claude Duet is a research preview of Claude that you message the way you’d message a person.…