Claude Can Drive Your Desktop Now
Anthropic shipped three big features this week. Auto mode for Claude Code adds a safety classifier that lets Claude decide which actions are safe to run on its own. No more approving every file write and bash command one by one.
Computer use landed in Cowork too. Claude can now open files, click through apps, navigate browsers, and fill in spreadsheets on your Mac. You can trigger it from your phone. This is the closest thing to a real AI coworker I've seen.
Perplexity Wants to Live on Your Desk
Perplexity announced Personal Computer. It's an always-on AI running on a dedicated Mac mini that merges your local files, apps, and browser sessions into one system. It monitors triggers and runs tasks 24/7 as a digital proxy.
The pitch is an AI that works while you sleep. It watches for conditions you set and takes action automatically. Bold move, but I have questions about how they handle the privacy side of an AI that sees everything on your machine.
Apple Opens Siri to Third-Party AI
Apple confirmed that iOS 27 will let users run any AI service through Siri via App Store apps. That ends ChatGPT's exclusive role in Apple Intelligence features.
This is a big deal for distribution. If you're building AI products, Siri integration through the App Store is a new channel worth watching. Apple's 2 billion devices are about to become a marketplace for AI models.
The Mythos Fallout Continues
The Anthropic Mythos leak from yesterday is still making waves. Internal docs describe the model as "currently far ahead of any other AI model in cyber capabilities." Markets reacted. Software stocks and Bitcoin both moved on the news.
I keep coming back to the security angle. A model that can find and exploit vulnerabilities faster than humans can patch them is a different kind of product. Anthropic says they're taking the safety work seriously. They'd better be.