{
  "id": 3363278,
  "title": "Claude and Cowork now share what they know about you",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/claude-and-cowork-now-share-what-they-know-about-you",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-25T19:54:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register Science",
    "slug": "the-register-science",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/25/claude-and-cowork-now-share-what-they-know-about-you/5292412"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Anthropic's Claude chatbot now shares user memories with Cowork, its all-purpose assistant. This new feature allows Claude and Cowork to access each other's knowledge, making their interactions more contextual and efficient. Memories generated from conversations with Cowork will also be available to the regular Claude chatbot, while memories created by users interacting with Claude will be accessible to Cowork. Memory creation happens in real-time during chats, and it's now enabled by default for free, Pro, and Max tier users. However, sensitive topics like health, ethnicity, religion, politics, or gender identity won't be stored without explicit user consent. Users can control memory usage by pausing Claude's memory, using incognito chats, or manually deleting specific topics, but shared memories between Claude and Cowork cannot be separated. Admins for Team and Enterprise customers can control the feature, and it will be available starting this Tuesday.",
  "summary": "Shared memory is live, with no option to separate it between services, Anthropic tells us; Claude Code stays apart for now",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "The New Stack",
        "title": "Anthropic gives chat and Cowork one memory",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/anthropic-gives-chat-and-cowork-one-memory",
        "published": "2026-08-25T17:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ZDNet",
        "title": "Anthropic's Claude and Cowork will share memories about you now - unless you opt out",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/anthropics-claude-and-cowork-will-share-memories-about-you-now-unless",
        "published": "2026-08-25T17:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SiliconANGLE",
        "title": "Anthropic updates Claude’s memory to enhance customization and protect sensitive topics",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/anthropic-updates-claudes-memory-to-enhance-customization-and-protect",
        "published": "2026-08-25T17:00:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNET",
        "title": "Anthropic Unifies Memory Across Claude and Cowork",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/anthropic-unifies-memory-across-claude-and-cowork",
        "published": "2026-08-25T17:18:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Anthropic update unifies memory feature across Claude Cowork and chat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/anthropic-update-unifies-memory-feature-across-claude-cowork-and-chat",
        "published": "2026-08-25T17:20:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Claude Cowork finally remembers what you told the app in chat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/claude-cowork-finally-remembers-what-you-told-the-app-in-chat",
        "published": "2026-08-25T17:50:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Register",
        "title": "Claude and Cowork now share what they know about you",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/claude-and-cowork-now-share-what-they-know-about-you-3367152",
        "published": "2026-08-25T19:54:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "Claude Cowork will now remember your conversations with chat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/claude-cowork-will-now-remember-your-conversations-with-chat",
        "published": "2026-08-25T20:04:27.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}