The Verge tests Anthropic's Claude Duet work agent
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The Verge's Allison Johnson spent a week testing Anthropic's Claude Duet, a consumer work agent that connects to work email, calendar, Google Docs and Slack. She found it genuinely useful for spotting conflicts she had overlooked across those sources, but it sometimes misread tone and deadlines. Duet is still a research preview, limited to Pro, Max and Ultra subscribers in the US with a waitlist. It greets users each morning with highlights and swipeable to-do cards, and once drafted a Slack message that matched Johnson's lowercase writing style. Anthropic positions it for professionals and small business owners, meant to judge what needs attention most. Johnson said she wants the agent as a backstop for her own organizational systems rather than a replacement, and does not want it involved in the creative process.
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The Verge's Allison Johnson tested Anthropic's consumer work agent Claude Duet for a week, connecting her work email, calendar, Google Docs, and Slack, and found it genuinely useful at spotting overlooked conflicts across those sources while sometimes misreading tone and deadlines. Duet, still a research preview limited to Pro, Max, and Ultra subscribers in the US with a waitlist, greets users each morning with highlights and swipeable to-do cards, and once drafted a Slack message that mimicked her lowercase writing style. She says she wants the agent as a backstop for her own organizational systems, not a replacement, and does not want it in the creative process.
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