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Anthropic Acquires Vercept — R-CNN Inventor Joins the Team, Computer Use Jumps from 15% to 72.5%, UiPath Stock Drops
Anthropic announced the acquisition of Vercept today, bringing aboard R-CNN inventor Ross Girshick (660K+ Google Scholar citations), along with co-founders Kiana Ehsani and Luca Weihs. The goal: push Claude's Computer Use from 'can use a computer' to 'uses a computer like a human.' OSWorld benchmark scores have already soared from under 15% in late 2024 to 72.5% today. Within hours of the announcement, RPA giant UiPath dropped 3.6% — Wall Street is voting with real money: AI Computer Use is eating RPA alive.