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Anthropic merges Claude Chat and Cowork, adds Docs and Slides tools

Anthropic unified Claude's fragmented interface by merging Chat and Cowork into a single product, eliminating user confusion between separate modes.

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Anthropic unified Claude's fragmented interface by merging Chat and Cowork into a single product, eliminating user confusion between separate modes. The company simultaneously launched Docs and Slides, new tools that let users create and export documents and presentations directly within Claude conversations. The Verge and international outlets (Heise Online, ITmedia, Webrazzi) confirmed the consolidation; Simon Willison noted the rollout begins with Pro and Max plans across web, desktop, and mobile. A separate Verge report highlighted Claude Code's revamped Projects feature, which manages multiple AI agents with shared memory and parallel task threads.

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Most outlets focus on the Chat/Cowork merger and new document tools as the primary story. The Verge's second article shifts emphasis to Claude Code's Projects feature for multi-agent workflows, which other sources do not mention. All outlets agree on the core facts of the unification and new tools; they differ mainly in scope—some treat it as a single announcement, while The Verge splits it into two distinct product updates.

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