Anthropic launches Claude Duet, an agent that connects to 6,000 tools and can shop on the user's behalf
Anthropic launched Claude Duet, a new AI agent app (an AI tool that carries out tasks on its own) built on the Claude Opus 5.5 model, aimed at professionals and small businesses, competing with similar tools like Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots. The agent connects to over 6,000 tools and plug-ins through the Claude Marketplace, builds a daily briefing and suggests actions based on the user's data, and can complete tasks in the background through its own virtual machine before returning for approval. Its most sensitive feature is that Duet can make online purchases on the user's behalf through Stripe's Link digital wallet or Shopify's Shop Pay, with Anthropic saying sensitive steps like payments will require user approval and that the agent won't trade securities or move money between accounts. The company also added a classifier that checks every message to prevent sensitive information from leaking, rejecting by default requests for credit card numbers or government ID. Duet is launching in research preview through a waitlist for Pro and Max subscribers. For a business considering letting employees use such agents, the launch shows that connecting an AI tool to real payment systems has moved from pilot to shipped product, which deserves its own risk assessment before granting access.
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