Anthropic just erased the line between asking AI a question and handing AI a job. Until now that line was product architecture. Chat in one app, agents in another, and you picked the door based on whether you needed a 10-second answer or 40 minutes of background work. That split existed because models couldn't route their own work. Someone had to judge how much autonomy a request deserved before typing it. The product org made you that someone. Merging Cowork into chat moves the judgment…

Claude@claudeai7h ago

Claude Cowork and chat are merging into one Claude. Ask a quick question or hand over a report, and Claude takes it from there, even after you close your laptop. If something's unclear, Claude asks—you keep the final say. Rolling out to Pro and Max over the next few weeks.