The Indian Express•Feb 4
Why a new Anthropic AI workplace suite triggered a tech stock crash in US and India
AP Indian IT stocks crashed in opening trade on Wednesday, dragging Sensex down by over 100 points — mirroring a sharp selloff on Wall Street that has raised uncomfortable questions about the future of the software industry. The trigger seems to have come from an unexpected source: Anthropic, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, launched a suite of workplace automation tools that can perform tasks previously handled by human workers or traditional software platforms. Anthropic recently launched 11 new plug-ins for its Claude Cowork agent, designed to automate tasks across legal, sales, marketing, and data analysis functions.
