"Cowork may find fans among knowledge workers who have to create presentations but take no pride in their work, who need to move data between applications without codified import and export rituals, or who have to conduct extensive reformatting operations in spreadsheets. It may also find favor as a crutch that allows people with minimal application skills to delegate activities beyond their competency to an AI model with a different set of limitations."
"Anthropic makes it clear that Cowork is a research preview and should be used with caution. Users are advised not to give Cowork access to local files containing sensitive information. When used in conjunction with the Claude in Chrome extension (which comes with its own safety warning), Cowork should be limited to accessing trusted websites. The same goes for modifying Claude's default internet settings."
Claude Cowork automates office work by interacting with local files and desktop or web applications, expanding beyond Claude Code’s source-code outputs. It can create presentations, move and reformat data between applications, generate charts, and produce proposals and position papers, aiding workers with limited application skills. Cowork requires access to files and applications to function, creating security concerns. Users are warned to avoid granting access to sensitive local files, limit Cowork to trusted websites when using the Claude in Chrome extension, avoid changing default internet settings, and monitor for suspicious actions such as prompt injection.
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