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Anthropic is acquiring startup Vercept to give Claude better capabilities for reading and controlling computer screens.

This is part of the race to develop 'AI agents' that can take over real computer tasks. The acquisition aims to help Claude interpret visual information on screens more accurately.

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Anthropic is acquiring startup Vercept to give Claude better capabilities for reading and controlling computer screens. This is part of the race to develop 'AI agents' that can take over real computer tasks. The acquisition aims to help Claude interpret visual information on screens more accurately.