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Anthropic
Computer use (Claude API)
Launched Oct 22, 2024
An API capability that lets Claude operate a computer by looking at the screen, moving the cursor, clicking and typing.
- Surface
- API
- Availability
- Beta
- Plans
- —
- Retired
- —
Models
Strengths & weaknesses
Strengths
- First frontier model offering computer use in public beta (per Anthropic)
- Available on Anthropic API, Amazon Bedrock and Vertex AI
Weaknesses
- Described as experimental at launch
Predates 2025; included because it is a named, foundational feature. Launched with the upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet.