Claude Now Operates Your Mouse and Keyboard in Public Beta
Anthropic released Claude 3.5 Sonnet with computer use enabled. The model receives screenshots and issues mouse clicks plus keystrokes to complete desktop tasks such as filling web forms and editing spreadsheets. The feature is available now through the Anthropic API without additional cost beyond standard token pricing.
This shifts AI from text-only assistance to direct control of existing software. Users must now design guardrails and audit trails instead of writing brittle scripts. The workflow change replaces custom automation code with natural language instructions.
The Anthropic research team published internal benchmarks showing 70 percent success on form-filling tasks after human oversight. Early enterprise pilots report reduced manual data entry time by roughly 40 percent.
Step 1: Sign in at console.anthropic.com and create a new project with Claude 3.5 Sonnet selected. Step 2: Enable the computer_use beta flag in the API request parameters. Step 3: Send a prompt such as "fill the expense report form with the attached CSV" and review the screenshot sequence the model returns.