# Anthropic launches Claude Duet, an always-on agent that asks approval for risky steps

> Original title: Anthropic takes on Grok Bot, Meta's Muse, and OpenAI's Dots with its always-on agent "Claude Duet"

- Source: The Decoder
- Published: 2026-10-22T08:35:22.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/vwncgcb0vtqqfq5ckcdxxkcit
- Original: https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-takes-on-grok-bot-metas-muse-and-openais-dots-with-its-always-on-agent-claude-duet/

## Summary

Anthropic has released Claude Duet as a research preview, a standalone app that runs Claude as a proactive agent working on tasks while the user is away. It asks approval before sending messages, making payments, signing documents, or deleting anything, and it cannot trade securities or move money between accounts. Access is through a US waitlist for Pro and Max subscribers, and Anthropic says the early version can misread messages and misjudge urgency.