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09 Jul 2026 · AI ModelsClaude Cowork launched in January as a desktop-only application and stayed that way for months. That changed on July 7, 2026, when Anthropic announced the tool is rolling out across web, iOS, and Android. The feature drawing the most attention isn't the new platforms or the unified interface. It's something more fundamental: the fact that work now keeps running in the cloud after your laptop closes and you walk away from your desk entirely.
Claude Cowork launched in January as a desktop-only application and stayed that way for months. That changed on July 7, 2026, when Anthropic announced the tool is rolling out across web, iOS, and Android. The feature drawing the most attention isn't the new platforms or the unified interface. It's something more fundamental: the fact that work now keeps running in the cloud after your laptop closes and you walk away from your desk entirely.
Anthropic's most capable publicly available AI model went dark on June 12, three days after launch. The US government ordered it offline over national security concerns. A jailbreak was involved, and Amazon played a role most people did not expect. Developers who had spent the week building on it woke up to find it gone, with no advance warning and no clear timeline for return. For 19 days, the most powerful AI model available to the public simply did not exist.
