Claude can't generate images, but it can edit them perfectly with Computer Use

I asked three AI assistants to remove the background from my image (a simple "cut out" task). \- ChatGPT (with DALL-E): X Drew the transparency checkerboard pattern as actual background \- Gemini (with Nano Banana): X Same issue - included the checkerboard in the final image \- Claude (no image generation): O Perfect transparent PNG using Computer Use The irony? The AI without image generation capabilities did it best. Here's what Claude did autonomously with Computer Use: 1. Installed necessary Python libraries (rembg, OpenCV, PIL) 2. Tried THREE different approaches: \- Basic threshold method \- Color-based detection (targeting the orange infinity symbol) \- GrabCut algorithm (AI-powered precision removal) 3. Generated three versions for me to compare 4. Delivered actual transparent PNGs https://preview.redd.it/9rwwhnikhabg1.png?width=1008&format=png&auto=webp&s=051437673b7c1723c12b2324d358bb5c79d1d874 (The conversation was in Korean, but you can see Claude autonomously writing Python scripts, running them, and generating the output files - no manual coding required on my end!) Why this matters: This perfectly demonstrates the power of Computer Use: \- Claude can't generate images \- But it CAN use the same tools a developer would use \- It wrote Python code, installed packages, ran algorithms, and delivered production-ready files \- The "limitation" became irrelevant because it solved the problem differently Sometimes having the right tools beats having the built-in feature. Disclaimer: My prompts to ChatGPT and Gemini might not have been optimal - perhaps there's a better way to ask them for background removal. But that's also part of the point: Claude's Computer Use approach was intuitive and just... worked. No special prompting required, no workarounds needed.