Anthropic’s Claude now has a browser of its own
Anthropic is giving Claude its own browser. As the company announced on Wednesday, Claude on the desktop (Mac, Windows, and The post Anthropic’s Claude now has a browser of its own appeared first on The New Stack .
Anthropic has introduced a built-in browser for its Claude desktop app, available on Mac, Windows, and Linux. This move aligns Claude with OpenAI's ChatGPT desktop app, which already includes a browser. Previously, Claude users had to install a Chrome extension to browse the web, which was somewhat of a workaround. The new feature allows Claude to surf the web directly within the desktop app.
However, the built-in browser is not your personal browser; it doesn't have access to your login information. To work around this, users can import their logins from compatible browsers like Chrome, Edge, and Firefox on Mac, and Firefox on Windows and Linux. Anthropic has also implemented safeguards against prompt injections, yet they acknowledge there is still a risk associated with browsing the web.
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Also reported by 3 other outlets
- Claude Cowork gets its own browser that doesn’t touch your tabs, bookmarks, or saved passwords digitaltrends.com
- Anthropic gives Claude Cowork its own built-in browser on the desktop app separate from users' day-to-day browser, rolling out to paying subscribers (Frederic Lardinois/The New Stack) thenewstack.io
- Anthropic releases findings from a pilot that let three external researchers run studies on Claude usage; one study found users delegate high-stakes tasks (Anthropic) anthropic.com
