Anthropic is testing Claude Duet, an AI agent for professionals and small business owners. The research preview is limited to US Pro, Max and Ultra subscribers, with a waitlist for access.
Claude Duet has its own app and suggests tasks based on connected productivity and chat services. Users swipe cards to dismiss suggestions or let the agent start work, such as drafting messages or updating an agenda.
The Verge describes Claude Duet as more consumer-friendly than Anthropic’s Claude Cowork and Claude Code. In a week-long test, its reviewer connected work email, a calendar, Google Docs and Slack, allowing the agent to link information across those services.
The agent spotted that planned time off left little time before a deadline and offered to update a document and draft a Slack message. But it also treated a tentative publication date as urgent, missing both the wording and the editor’s local time.
For small business owners, the useful role suggested by this test is catching overlooked commitments across workplace tools, rather than replacing existing organisation systems. That requires sharing work data, while the agent’s ability to judge urgency reliably remains unproven.
Connecting workplace tools could help small teams catch commitments that are otherwise scattered across messages and documents.
The need to share work communications makes data access an important consideration before a business tries the agent.
A restricted research preview and mixed results leave reliable prioritisation unproven.
Written automatically by the Made in 10 Newsroom from the source above.
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