AI Glossary

Computer use

The ability of an AI model to operate a computer the way a person does, by looking at the screen, moving the pointer, clicking and typing. Anthropic released it for Claude in public beta in October 2024.

See also

  • Tool use

    A model's ability to use outside tools (such as a search engine, a calculator, a database or running code) by writing a structured request that the surrounding software carries out and whose result the model reads.

  • Sandbox

    An isolated environment in which an agent can run code or use tools with limited access to files, networks and other systems, as far as its configuration allows.

Source: Anthropic, Introducing computer use (2024) (opens in a new tab)

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Orbyt Labs, Computer use (AI Glossary), Oct 18, 2026. https://www.orbytlabs.ai/orbyt-collective/glossary/computer-use

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Orbyt Labs Glossaries (Oct 19, 2026), https://www.orbytlabs.ai/glossary#dataset

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