Overview
- Anthropic announced on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 that Claude now uses a single, topic‑organized memory shared between chat and Cowork that updates in real time during sessions.
- Users can view, edit, and delete individual memory topics through Memory settings so stored items are exposed and manageable across both experiences.
- By default Claude will not save sensitive categories such as health, beliefs, race, ethnicity, or gender identity unless a user enables that setting, and certain data like Social Security numbers, government IDs, criminal history, and immigration status are never stored.
- The unified memory is enabled by default for Free, Pro, and Max plans on web, desktop, and mobile while Teams and Enterprise memory settings remain off by default and subject to administrator control.
- Anthropic is rolling related Cowork features such as a Morning Brief to selected or paid users first and has recently made Skills and Files APIs generally available, a combination that improves workflow continuity but also raises governance and privacy tradeoffs for organizations.