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A persistent agent runs on your computer and answers your phone

development2026-03-18

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Anthropic shipped Dispatch in Claude Cowork, a persistent agent running on a user's computer that can be messaged from their phone, with observers noting Anthropic is building OpenClaw faster than OpenAI and Jensen Huang calling OpenClaw definitely the next ChatGPT.

Reporting date: 2026-03-18 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to March 18, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A persistent agent runs on your computer and answers your phone
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-03-18
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-03-18-dispatch-runs-on-your-computer
Claim: Anthropic shipped Dispatch in Claude Cowork, a persistent agent running on a user's computer that can be messaged from their phone, with observers noting Anthropic is building OpenClaw faster than OpenAI and Jensen Huang calling OpenClaw definitely the next ChatGPT.
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- Welcome to March 18, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-march-18-2026
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