An unseen, non-human hand moving the cursor across your computer screen and typing without using the keyboard in fiction is usually a sign of malicious AI hijacking something (or a friendly ghost helping you solve mysteries like the TV show Ghost Writer). Thanks to Anthropic's new computer use feature for its AI assistant Claude, there's a much more benevolent explanation now.
Fueled by an upgraded version of the Claude 3.5 Sonnet model, this AI – dubbed 'computer use' – lets you interact with your computer much like you would. It takes the AI assistant concept a step beyond text and a voice, with virtual hands typing, clicking, and otherwise manipulating your computer.
