Anthropic’s Claude Cowork is plugging AI into extra boring enterprise stuff

On Tuesday, Anthropic announced updates to its Claude Cowork platform that allow the AI to help with a wider range of office tasks. Claude Cowork can now connect with several popular office apps, including Google Workspace, Docusign, and WordPress. New pre-built plugins can also automate tasks in a range of fields, including HR, design, engineering, and finance. Additionally, according to Anthropic, “Claude can now also handle multi-step tasks end-to-end across Excel and PowerPoint,” passing context between the two apps.

The new Claude Cowork tools will be available starting on Tuesday to all users on Cowork, which is currently a research preview feature limited to users on paid Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscriptions.