Anthropic's Claude Cowork heads to the cloud as data shows 90% of sessions aren't for coding - ZDNET

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Claude Cowork is moving to web and mobile, and new data shows it's being used far beyond coding and software development. Can it safely replace OpenClaw for me? Stay tuned. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Anthropic announced today it’s bringing the agentic helper for Claude users, Claude Cowork, to the web and mobile devices. After analyzing 1.2 million Cowork sessions, Anthropic is also sharing some unexpected usage details. Plus, the company has extended Fable 5 access to July 12. Anthropic also introduced a new phrase to describe Cowork: the work around the work. The premise is that professionals have a ton of domain expertise, but a lot of their time is consumed doing administrivia tasks, like digging through emails, consolidating spreadsheets, organizing files, and whatnot. Those tasks aren’t technically “the work.” They’re the work you do to get the work done, hence, “the work around the work.” Also: I loved ChatGPT Desktop until OpenAI gutted it to make room for Codex and Work According to the company, “It’s the work around the work: