Anthropic announced on Tuesday a set of workplace features that push Claude further into office software territory: Claude Meetings, a tool that joins video calls and starts working on tasks while participants are still talking, alongside Claude Whiteboards and Claude Sheets. TechCrunch first reported the launch, which arrives as the Claude maker competes with OpenAI and Meta to turn chatbots into full-fledged office suites that can challenge Microsoft and Google.
Muda unajulikana. Anthropic is currently in the middle of an IPO roadshow, and Bloomberg characterized the rollout as an effort to take on Microsoft ahead of the listing. Wawekezaji watakuwa wakiangalia ikiwa kampuni inaweza kubadilisha sifa yake ya utafiti kuwa mapato ya mara kwa mara ya programu ya biashara. For more context on this story, see our ongoing latest AI developments.
Jinsi Mikutano ya Claude Inavyofanya Kazi
Kwa Mikutano ya Claude, timu zinaweza kumuongeza Claude kwenye Hangout ya Video kama mshiriki anayeonekana. The assistant follows the conversation and works on tasks in real time: it can draft the plan being discussed, map out a timeline on a whiteboard, answer questions in the meeting chat, and pull information from connected work apps, such as last year's financial figures, according to Anthropic.
Kampuni imejenga katika vituo kadhaa vya ulinzi. Claude anajitambulisha kama mshiriki wa mkutano na anachapisha arifa kwenye gumzo la mkutano. Haitajiunga na simu na wageni wa nje isipokuwa kama imeidhinishwa na msimamizi, na itaondoka kiotomatiki ikiwa mgeni wa nje atajiunga katikati ya simu. Baada ya simu kuisha, madokezo ya mkutano, vipengee vya kushughulikia, na nyenzo zingine zinazotolewa na Claude zinapatikana katika claude.ai.
Mikutano ya Claude inazinduliwa katika beta kwenye mipango ya Timu na Biashara. Inapozinduliwa inafanya kazi na Google Meet, ikiwa na usaidizi wa mifumo ya ziada inayotarajiwa kufuata.
Mbao Nyeupe na Laha Zinazungusha Suti
Claude Whiteboards is a collaborative board where teams can talk through a plan and have Claude turn it into an organized visual workspace with timelines and deadlines. Anthropic inabainisha kuwa watu wengi tayari wanajadiliana na Claude, lakini kushiriki matokeo kulihitaji kuyanakili na kuyabandika mahali pengine hapo awali. Now a team can work directly with Claude on the same board in real time, and when the brainstorm is finished, Claude can convert the board into a document or slide deck. Ubao mweupe pia hufanya kazi ndani ya Mikutano ya Claude, kwa hivyo ubao huunda wakati watu wanazungumza. Kipengele hiki kinapatikana katika toleo la beta kwenye mipango inayolipishwa kwenye wavuti, eneo-kazi na simu ya mkononi.
Majedwali ya Claude huruhusu timu kuunda na kuhariri lahajedwali kwa ushirikiano na Claude. A team can ask it to build a campaign tracker or a hiring budget, and Claude generates a working spreadsheet with multiple tabs, formulas, formatting, and dropdown menus. Anthropic says Claude handles the initial setup while teams continue refining the same file, with the assistant making edits directly in cells alongside human collaborators.
Soko la Ofisi ya AI Inayozidi Kusongamana
The launch follows a similar move by OpenAI, which unveiled a series of workplace tools just a few weeks earlier that let users collaborate with ChatGPT to visualize company information and create presentations. TechCrunch inabainisha kuwa kampuni zote mbili zinashindana kubadilisha bidhaa zao kuwa vyumba vya ofisi vya aina mbalimbali, zikilenga Microsoft na Google. Meta pia inajiunga na mbio na wakala wake wa Muse AI, ambayo inaweza kutengeneza programu ndogo kwa haraka ili kuwasaidia watumiaji kukamilisha kazi mahususi.
Waliopo madarakani hawajasimama. Microsoft has been folding Copilot across its 365 apps, and Google has been weaving Gemini into Workspace, meaning Anthropic's suite is entering a market where hundreds of millions of knowledge workers already have AI assistants one click away.
Biashara Zinapaswa Kutazama
Swali la vitendo kwa biashara ni ikiwa AI ya asili ya kukutana inabadilisha tabia halisi ya mtiririko wa kazi. Anthropic's framing is that the work coming out of a meeting usually starts only after everyone hangs up, and that Meetings compresses that gap by turning discussion into plans, timelines, and documents while the call is still in progress.
Pia kuna masuala ya utawala. Msimamizi anayedhibiti wageni kutoka nje anapendekeza Anthropic anafahamu kuwa mshiriki wa AI katika simu nyeti huibua maswali ya usiri, haswa katika tasnia zilizo na sheria kali za ufichuzi. Mashirika yanayotathmini beta yatataka kukagua jinsi manukuu, maudhui ya ubao mweupe na data ya programu iliyounganishwa huhifadhiwa na ambao ndani ya shirika wanaweza kuidhinisha Claude kujiunga na simu zipi.
Kwa Nini Anthropic Inahamia Katika Uzalishaji Sasa
Programu ya kushinikiza pia hubeba uzito wa kifedha. Anthropic inawapenda wawekezaji wa soko la umma wiki hii, huku Reuters ikiripoti kuwa kampuni inalenga tathmini ya hadi $1.4 trilioni katika IPO yake - takwimu ambayo inadhania tofauti nyingi za mapato kuliko ada za API pekee. Zana za mahali pa kazi huipa Anthropic njia ya kutegemea kiti, matumizi ya mara kwa mara ya biashara ambayo yanafanana na jinsi Microsoft na Google huchuma mapato ya programu ya ofisini, badala ya ufikiaji wa muundo unaotegemea matumizi.
Kwa timu ambazo tayari zinamtumia Claude kwa kazi ya usimbaji au hati, safu hii inapunguza msuguano wa kubadilisha kati ya Claude na programu za kawaida za ofisi. Kwa Anthropic, kila mkutano unaoanza ndani ya Mikutano ya Claude ni wakati wa mtiririko wa kazi na kubaki si lazima kampuni ijishindie kutoka kwa mshindani. Ubadilishanaji unaendeshwa kwa njia zote mbili: biashara zinazochukua kundi la vijana lazima zipime kina cha ujumuishaji wa hatua ya awali dhidi ya walio madarakani ambao wasaidizi wao wa AI tayari wameunganishwa katika leseni zilizopo.
Upatikanaji
Mikutano ya Claude iko katika toleo la beta sasa kwa wateja wa Timu na Enterprise, kuanzia na usaidizi wa Google Meet. Claude Whiteboards yuko kwenye beta kwenye mipango inayolipishwa, kwenye wavuti, kompyuta ya mezani na simu ya mkononi. Majedwali ya Claude yanajitolea kwa wateja wanaolipa, huku Anthropic ikiweka zote tatu kama hatua za mapema katika msukumo mpana wa mahali pa kazi. Kama ilivyo kwa beta yoyote, uwezo na usaidizi wa jukwaa unatarajiwa kupanuka katika miezi ijayo, na biashara zinazozingatia kupitishwa zinapaswa kufuatilia hati za Anthropic kwa mabadiliko ya utunzaji wa data na udhibiti wa usimamizi.
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