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Anthropic Labs: Cowork, Claude Code, MCP, Skills incubator led by Mike Krieger and Ben Mann
claude claude-code anthropic langchain apple sandboxing agent-ux agent-orchestration human-in-the-loop memory-management tooling-simplification linux-virtualization security agent-productization mike_krieger ben_mann gergely_orosz yuchen_jin harrison_chase jared_z
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.