I use Anthropic's Claude AI tools for very different jobs: How to pick between models, Code, and Cowork

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Claude's lineup spans chatbots, agents, and AI models. Code builds software. Cowork handles broader computer tasks. Agents can be force multipliers but require close supervision. Anthropic is currently the world's most valuable AI company, with an astonishing $1.2 trillion valuation on secondary markets as of earlier this month. The company's offerings have been making headline news all year, especially after the US government temporarily banned use of Anthropic's Fable model because it was just too smart and risky for our own good. But cutting past the hype, the excitement, the hyperbole, and the financial insanity, what Anthropic products might you and I care about? What are Claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork? For that matter, what are Haiku, Sonnet, Opus, Fable, and Mythos? Also: Claude Fable 5 is back, but I'm sticking with Opus 4.8 for daily work: 5 reasons why In this article, we're going to dig in. We're specifically going to look at Claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork, but we'll also put Haiku, Sonnet, Opus, Fable, and Mythos into perspective. Sometimes, I find it easier to understand something if I can relate it to cars. So let's…