Anthropic is expanding its directory of connected services for its Claude AI chatbot.
The platform can now link up with your accounts on AllTrails, Audible, Booking.com, Instacart, Intuit Credit Karma, Intuit TurboTax, Resy, Spotify, StubHub, Taskrabbit, Thumbtack, TripAdvisor, Uber, Uber Eats and Viator.
The benefit of having multiple apps connected means that a chatbot can theoretically execute more complicated tasks on your behalf.
So, for instance, Claude can now help plan a hike on AllTrails and then pull up a Spotify playlist that will last for the duration of your trek.
The apps should appear dynamically within the Claude conversation rather than needing a user to swipe between progr…