By Tim Biggs
Publication Date: 2026-01-22 18:00:00
Finally, there’s an AI assistant that supposedly helps with practical things like organizing your overflowing downloads folder or filing your expense reports instead of ripping off artists or cheating on homework.
According to AI influencer Nathan Hodgson, the latest release from US company Anthropic is a “decisive step forward”. It’s a “wild” development, said AI educator James Maduk on YouTube, capable of handling the work of 50 employees. The uses for this new tool called Claude Cowork are “crazy,” another influencer added.
Paying subscribers can now access the new mode for Claude – Anthropic’s answer to ChatGPT – which can manipulate files directly on your computer, assign administrative tasks to the agents it controls, generate sophisticated…


