KEY POINTS
- Claude Duet is Anthropic's consumer AI agent, in research preview for US Pro, Max and Ultra subscribers, with a waitlist.
- The Verge's tester found it good at linking details across email, Slack and documents but poor at reading tone and deadlines.
- Anthropic says it is still testing the agent's judgment about when to message users.
Anthropic has released Claude Duet, an AI agent for consumers that handles work tasks, and The Verge published a hands-on review after a week of testing. The reviewer described it as sometimes truly useful, sometimes a nag, and eager to help write about itself.
