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Anthropic unifies Claude's memory across chat and Cowork so context carries over

Sensitive categories like health and political-belief data stay excluded by default, and government ID numbers are never stored regardless of settings.

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  • Anthropic merged Claude's memory system across chat and Cowork, so details established in a conversation carry into Cowork without being re-entered.
  • Memory updates continuously during a conversation rather than being summarised only at session end, and syncs between chat and Cowork in real time.
  • Sensitive categories — health information, political beliefs, gender identity — are excluded from memory by default, with an opt-in toggle to include them; government IDs and Social Security numbers are never stored.
  • The feature is on by default across Free, Pro and Max plans on web, desktop and mobile, and requires the latest app version on iOS and Android.

Sensitive categories like health and political-belief data stay excluded by default, and government ID numbers are never stored regardless of settings.

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