Anthropic Takes On OpenAI, Meta With New Proactive AI Agent Claude Duet

Anthropic has unveiled Claude Duet, a proactive AI agent designed to monitor connected apps, prioritise tasks, and carry out work in the background, including when users switch off their devices. The offering targets professionals and small business owners. Powered by Claude Opus 5.5, it is available as a research preview through a waitlist for Claude Pro and Max subscribers in the US.