Anthropic Moves Cowork VMs to Cloud

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Anthropic has shifted Claude Cowork's architecture by moving the execution VM from local devices to the cloud. This update resolves battery and performance issues while enabling mobile access and persistent sessions, with the desktop app handling file access requests.

LATEST/Anthropic has shifted Claude Cowork's architecture by moving the execution VM from local devices to the cloud. This update resolves battery and performance issues while enabling mobile access and persistent sessions, with the desktop app handling file access requests.

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Simon Willison 博客T2·Oct 5, 11:56 PM68 pts
Anthropic Moves Cowork VMs to Cloud
Original: Quoting Felix Rieseberg
- Execution environment moved from local VMs to cloud sandboxes, eliminating local compute/battery costs
- Hybrid model introduced: cloud inference + local file proxying for privacy and continuity
- Supports multi-device access (including mobile) without interrupting tasks when laptops close
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