Anthropic just announced an exciting new capability for their AI assistant: Claude computer use, which allows it to interact with your computer by looking at your screen and controlling your mouse and keyboard.

How to use Claude computer use

Using Claude computer use is surprisingly straightforward: the system works by letting Claude see your screen through screenshots and then giving you instructions about what to do next.

Getting started is made easy with the Claude computer use demo, which Anthropic has provided on GitHub. While there isn’t yet an official Claude computer use tutorial, the Docker demo environment is helpful. The Claude computer use Docker setup is the quickest way to begin.

We tested the Anthropic Claude computer use features with tasks like opening a web browser, installing software, and editing computer code. So how good is it?

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