I tried Claude Cowork on my Gmail inbox after Gemini choked - and it saved me hours of work - ZDNET

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Gmail's AI failed at a nuanced research task, but Claude Cowork found the right pitches, quotes, and permissions, proving connected AI assistants may finally help tackle some aspects of email overload. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. How often have you had to sift through a ton of emails to find messages you need? I’m not talking about searching for one or two by a proper name. I’m talking about finding a set of email messages on a specific theme from the thousands in your inbox. I had to do this a few weeks ago. Because of my role as a tech journalist, my inbox overflows with people and companies pitching me on something or other. Because part of my beat is AI, my Gmail gets positively slammed whenever I write about something that a company executive or PR rep wants to be included in. And, you know what? Sometimes I find those pitches to be quite valuable. Also: Anthropic’s Claude Cowork heads to the cloud as data shows 90% of sessions aren’t for coding Take, for example, the day last month when it became apparent that Anthropic was throttl