Anthropic unveils Claude Duet, an always-on AI agent for small businesses

Anthropic has launched Claude Duet, an always-on personal AI agent aimed at professionals and small business owners. Powered by Claude Opus 5.5, it runs in a cloud virtual machine with its own browser, sends morning briefings from email and calendars, and flags items needing approval. It can schedule meetings, build dashboards, create forecasts and prototype web apps.