Anthropic's Felix Rieseberg explains that the new version of Cowork now runs all model inference and VM processing in the cloud instead of locally, addressing user complaints about battery drain, disk usage, and work interruptions when closing laptops. The desktop app now only handles file access tool calls, enabling mobile use and continuous sessions without local resource costs.
Background
Anthropic's Cowork is an AI coding assistant that combines Claude with a full developer environment. This architectural shift reflects the broader trend of AI tools moving from local execution to cloud-hosted solutions for better accessibility and performance.
- Source
- Simon Willison
- Published
- Oct 6, 2026 at 07:56 AM
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- 6.0 / 10