Anthropic merged persistent memory between Claude Chat and Cowork so users no longer repeat project briefs and preferences across sessions. According to coverage, the unified memory raises privacy concerns because users must actively opt out rather than opt in to the feature. The change affects how context persists across Anthropic's tool ecosystem.
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[Read article](https://www.zdnet.com/article/anthropic-claude-and-cowork-share-memories-now-unless-you-opt-out/)
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