Anthropic's new Claude AI model can use a PC 'the way people do'

If you're worried about artificial intelligence taking your job, you might want to sit down for this one. AI startup Anthropic has demonstrated a new "Claude" model called that can look at a computer screen and operate a virtual mouse and keyboard, "the way people do," according to promotional material. In the video demo, researcher Sam Ringer shows Claude performing a bit of data entry "drudge work," with the AI model using screenshots of a Mac desktop to find relevant information and submit a form. It is indeed the kind of thing that employees all over the world do every day, though Ringer notes that this is a "representative example." Exactly how much of the video is edited isn't known.