All right, guys, you saw the carousel. Anthropic just dropped Claude Duet.
And here’s the funny part. In about 10 weeks, four of the biggest AI companies shipped basically the same idea:
Grok Bot from SpaceXAI (Aug 11)
Muse from Meta (Sep 8)
Dots from OpenAI, inside ChatGPT (Sep 29)
Claude Duet from Anthropic (Oct 21)
Every one of them is an AI that has its own computer in the cloud, plugs into your apps, and keeps working after you put your phone down.
So which one do you actually pick? That’s what everybody in the comments is asking. Let’s sort it out in plain words.
🎁 What you’ll get
🧠 What an “AI agent” actually is (one analogy, no jargon)
📊 All 4 side by side: who makes it, what it’s good at, what it costs, where it works
⏱️ Pick yours in 30 seconds: a quick decision guide
🔐 The 5 rules before you hand an agent your keys
🛠️ One safe first task to try this week
💡 My honest take as an AI architect (no sponsors, no fanboying)