What is a computer use agent?

Zapier reports that while AI computer agents like Claude and ChatGPT can now control computers, safety concerns persist.

Anthropic says Claude can now use your computer to finish tasks for you in AI agent push

Anthropic and its rivals are trying to ramp up capabilities of AI agents after OpenClaw went viral earlier this year.
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Where Computer Use Agents Actually Break, According to Neel Somani

The demos look remarkable. An AI agent opens a browser, navigates a website, fills out a form, and books a flight, all without a human touching the keyboard. Over the past several months, a wave of ...
VentureBeat

Google's AI can now surf the web for you, click on buttons, and fill out forms with Gemini 2.5 Computer Use

Some of the largest providers of large language models (LLMs) have sought to move beyond multimodal chatbots — extending their models out into "agents" that can actually take more actions on behalf of ...
Neowin

Microsoft 365 Copilot's Researcher agent can now take action with 'Computer Use'

Microsoft is updating the Researcher agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot with a new "Computer Use" capability to move beyond public web searches. Back in June, Microsoft announced the new Researcher agent ...