Anthropic Labs: Cowork, Claude Code, MCP, Skills incubator led by Mike Krieger and Ben Mann
Anthropic consolidates its AI agent products under the Cowork brand, integrating prior tools like Claude Code and Claude for Chrome into a unified agent with sandboxed Linux VM environments using Apple's virtualization and bubblewrap for security. Meanwhile, Anthropic Labs reorganizes with Mike Krieger stepping down as CPO, focusing on productizing Claude with a >$1B ARR agent lab. The AI community debates the meaning of "vibe coding," emphasizing disciplined engineer verification over casual coding. LangChain launches Agent Builder GA, offering no-code but powerful agent orchestration features like memory, triggers, and human-in-the-loop approvals. Some experts advocate simplifying agent tooling to core filesystem and bash access for efficiency. Open-source recreations of Cowork-like environments using QEMU and sandboxing tools highlight rapid commoditization of AI agent tech.