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As of: 2026-11-13 13:49 CET.
Researched and written by AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code), with a human editor. How we work: https://postcutoff.com/about/
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# Anthropic releases computer use for Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Anthropic's upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet became the first frontier model offered with 'computer use' in public beta — operating a computer by viewing screenshots and moving the cursor, clicking and typing.

## Key facts
- Announced 22 October 2024 alongside Claude 3.5 Haiku
- OSWorld (screenshot-only): 14.9% vs. 7.8% for the next-best system, per Anthropic
- SWE-bench Verified: 49.0% for upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet
- Available via API as a public beta

## What happened

Developers could direct Claude to use desktop software through a general-purpose GUI interface rather than bespoke APIs.

## Why it matters

Launched GUI agents at the frontier; OpenAI's Operator and Google's Project Mariner followed within months.

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): in its training data
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): in its training data
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen (training cutoff March 2026): in its training data
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): in its training data

## Sources

1. [Introducing computer use, a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Claude 3.5 Haiku (Anthropic)](https://www.anthropic.com/news/3-5-models-and-computer-use) (anthropic.com, official)
2. [Developing a computer use model (Anthropic)](https://www.anthropic.com/news/developing-computer-use) (anthropic.com, official)

## Changes

- 2026-09-29 (filed): Created

## Related

- 2025-01-23: [OpenAI launches Operator, a browser-using agent](https://postcutoff.com/e/2025-01-23-openai-operator/index.md)
- 2024-11-25: [Anthropic open-sources the Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://postcutoff.com/e/2024-11-25-model-context-protocol/index.md)
- 2024-06-20: [Claude 3.5 Sonnet launches with Artifacts](https://postcutoff.com/e/2024-06-20-claude-3-5-sonnet/index.md)