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Anthropic Merges Claude Cowork and Chat into Unified Background Agent Surface
Anthropic has merged Claude Cowork and standard conversation into a single application across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. The unified surface handles immediate queries while letting autonomous background agents continue executing tasks after the user closes the app.
September 18, 2026 2 min read
Curated by Oleksandr Kuzmenko, AI Product EngineerUpdated September 18, 2026Sources cited on every story
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Anthropic has merged Claude Cowork and standard conversation into a single application across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. The unified surface handles immediate queries while letting autonomous background agents continue executing tasks after the user closes the app.