AI for Coding
AI is reshaping software development faster than any other profession — from Copilot autocomplete to agents like Claude Code and Cursor that write, fix and refactor whole projects. "Vibe coding" — building software through natural-language dialogue — has entered the mainstream. Here is everything on AI coding tools: releases, benchmarks (SWE-bench) and the debate over quality and productivity.
US Judge Questions Ban on Anthropic's AI Technology: No Evidence Presented
A federal judge says the Trump administration lacks sufficient evidence to label Anthropic a supply-chain threat, putting the ban on its AI technology in doubt.
Situational Awareness Hedge Fund Sells Its AI Portfolio but Keeps Its Anthropic Stake
The former OpenAI researcher's fund liquidated its public positions after leveraged losses but kept its private stake in AI company Anthropic.
Windows 11 Is Getting Heavier Because of AI: How Copilot Bloats the Installation Image
Windows installation images grow larger every year, and according to ZDNet, the main cause is not system junk but built-in AI components and Copilot infrastructure.
Cursor Router: Intelligent AI Model Routing for Teams, With Savings of Up to 60%
Cursor: AI Agent Swarm Builds 80% of SQLite in 4 Hours — at a Fraction of the Old Swarm's Cost
xAI Publishes Grok 4.5 Model Card: Benchmarks and Safety Evaluations
Prompt vs Loop vs Graph Engineering: Three Levels of Control in AI Development
Token Saver: open-source MCP extension cuts Claude's token use on PDFs by 90-99%
Marktechpost has released Token Saver, a free MCP extension for Claude Desktop that processes large PDFs locally and cuts token use by 92-99%.
Fireworks Nexus: Routing Code Tasks to Open-Weight Models and Cutting AI Costs 3–5x
Fireworks Nexus sends routine code to cheaper open-weight models and cuts AI agent costs 3–5x, without changing the tools developers already use.
Perplexity Releases pplx: A Search API CLI for the Terminal at $5 per 1,000 Requests
Jia Yangqing, Andrew Ng and Sonia Joseph Launch AI Startups on the Same Day, Including Intent Lab
Raygun: AI Shrinks Proteins Without Losing Function, Duke Study in Nature Shows
Moke Storms WorldArena's Top Ranks With a Robot World Model Trained on 32 Zhenwu 810E Chips
Microsoft Earned $3.2 Billion on Its Anthropic Stake, but OpenAI Delivered a Mixed Result
In its fiscal Q4 2026 report, Microsoft disclosed that its Anthropic stake generated $3.2 billion in profit, while its OpenAI investment produced a mixed result.
Microsoft Confirms Copilot "Super App": Chat, Code and Agents in One Application
On its July 29, 2026 earnings call, CEO Satya Nadella confirmed that Microsoft will release a Copilot "super app" this year, combining chat, coding and AI agents.