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.
Changelog
- 2026-09-29: created
Related events
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet launches with Artifacts ★★★★
- OpenAI launches Operator, a browser-using agent ★★★
- Anthropic open-sources the Model Context Protocol (MCP) ★★★★★
- Claude 3.7 Sonnet (hybrid reasoning) and Claude Code preview ★★★★
Sources (2)
- officialIntroducing computer use, a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Claude 3.5 Haiku (Anthropic)
- officialDeveloping a computer use model (Anthropic)
id: 2024-10-22-claude-computer-use · updated 2026-09-29 · open in the interactive timeline