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Anthropic launches Claude Meetings to turn workplace discussions into plans and tasks

By · Via TechCrunch · Published by Everything Blog

In short

Anthropic's new enterprise suite introduces interactive video call assistance alongside collaborative tools for mapping timelines, organizing visual plans, and managing multi-tab spreadsheets. Claude can participate directly in Google Meet sessions to draft documentation and answer chat inquiries as team members talk. To safeguard corporate privacy, the assistant will automatically leave calls if an external participant joins without explicit administrator authorization. Additionally, the platform now features connectors that integrate external software services like HubSpot and Adobe directly into user chats.

Key points

  • Anthropic is directly targeting established office software providers by offering an inte…: Anthropic is directly targeting established office software providers by offering an integrated suite of real-time productivity tools.
  • Strict administrative and security controls govern the artificial intelligence assistant…: Strict administrative and security controls govern the artificial intelligence assistant to protect internal company data during video meetings.
  • New interactive connectors allow enterprise teams to access third-party platforms like At…: New interactive connectors allow enterprise teams to access third-party platforms like Atlassian and Adobe without leaving their conversations.

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Anthropic announced new workplace features on Tuesday, including Claude Meetings, which brings Claude into video calls to begin working on tasks while participants are still talking. The company also unveiled Claude Whiteboards and Claude Sheets.

The launch of Anthropic’s new productivity-focused features comes just a few weeks after OpenAI unveiled a series of workplace tools that allow users to collaborate with ChatGPT to do things like visualize company information and create presentations, as both companies compete to turn their products into office suites of sorts to take on Microsoft and Google. Meta is also joining the competition with its Muse AI agent, which can build mini-apps on the fly to help users complete specific tasks.

With Claude Meetings, teams can add Claude to a video call as a visible participant. Claude then follows the conversation and gets to work on tasks in real time. As participants talk, it can draft the plan being discussed, map out a timeline on a whiteboard, answer questions in the meeting chat, and access connected work apps to retrieve information, such as last year’s figures.…

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