Claude Code in the Media
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May 2026
Claude Code creator says 22-year-old CS grads should found startups: 'It's the golden age'
"There has never been a better time in history to do it; it's the golden age," Anthropic's Boris Cherny said.
Uber Burns Its 2026 AI Budget In Four Months On Claude Code
Uber exhausted its 2026 AI budget in four months on Claude Code, exposing how token pricing breaks enterprise finance assumptions.
Clawdmeter turns your Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard
A new open source gadget called Clawdmeter turns Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard for AI coding power users.
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
Microsoft first started opening up access to Claude Code in December, inviting thousands of its own developers to use Anthropic's AI coding tool daily. It was part of an effort to get project managers, designers, and other employees to experiment with coding for the first time, and sources tell me t
Developers Warned As Fake Claude Code Installer Attacks Confirmed
A fake Claude code installer can successfully exfiltrate decrypted cookies, passwords and payment methods from Chromium browsers. Here's how.
Amazon employees pushed for Claude Code. Now they're getting it — and Codex, too.
Some Amazon staff had complained about a lack of access to top AI coding tools, arguing the company risked falling behind in developer productivity.
April 2026
Anthropic says Claude Code did get worse — but shoots down speculation it 'nerfed' the model
Anthropic said it found three issues with Claude Code after users complained the AI tool deteriorated.
Anthropic's Claude Code pricing pain is Sam Altman's pleasure
Amid confusion over if Claude Code was being removed from Anthropic's Pro plan, OpenAI's CEO and employees did some trolling of their rival.
OpenAI’s big Codex update is a direct shot at Anthropic’s Claude Code
OpenAI is beefing up its agentic coding and development system Codex with a suite of updates that let it use your computer, generate images, and remember from past experiences. Codex will now be able to operate desktop apps on your computer, OpenAI says in a blog post announcing the update. It can w
Neuro-Symbolic AI Gains Needed Street Cred After Fluky Leak Of Anthropic Claude Code Components
Unintentional leak of internal portions of Anthropic Claude Code has raised renewed debate about neuro-symbolic AI. I explain the controversy. An AI Insider scoop.
Anthropic says Claude Code subscribers will need to pay extra for OpenClaw usage
It’s about to become more expensive for Claude Code subscribers to use Anthropic’s coding assistant with OpenClaw and other third-party tools.
Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonus Malware
Plus: The FBI says a recent hack of its wiretap tools poses a national security risk, attackers stole Cisco source code as part of an ongoing supply chain hacking spree, and more.
Cursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take On Claude Code and Codex
As Cursor launches the next generation of its product, the AI coding startup has to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic more directly than ever.
Anthropic Predicts Demand for Cowork Agent to Dwarf Claude Code
A top Anthropic PBC executive expects the company’s general-purpose artificial intelligence agent, Cowork, to reach a wider market than Claude Code, the hit product that helped turn the startup into an AI juggernaut.
Anthropic Executive Blames Claude Code Leak on ‘Process Errors’
Anthropic PBC’s accidental release of source code for its popular AI coding agent was the result of “process errors” related to the startup’s fast product release cycle, according to a senior executive at the company.
Anthropic Rushes to Limit the Leak of Claude Code Source Code
Anthropic PBC is rushing to address the inadvertent release of internal source code behind Claude Code, an AI-powered assistant that has become a key moneymaker for the company.
Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'
Anthropic, the company behind the AI coding assistant, said it was fixing a problem blocking users.
March 2026
Claude Code leak exposes a Tamagotchi-style ‘pet’ and an always-on agent
After Anthropic released Claude Code's 2.1.88 update, users quickly discovered that it contained a package with a source map file containing its TypeScript codebase, with one person on X calling attention to the leak and posting a file containing the code. The leaked data reportedly contains more th
Anthropic: Huge Pricing Issues With Glitching Claude Code Limits?
Claude Code is burning through developers' usage allotments far too quickly, say users, alleging Anthropic has a pricing bug.
Anthropic’s Claude Code gets ‘safer’ auto mode
Anthropic has launched an "auto mode" for Claude Code, a new tool that lets AI make permissions-level decisions on users' behalf. The company says the feature offers vibe coders a safer alternative between constant handholding or giving the model dangerous levels of autonomy. Claude Code is capable
Anthropic hands Claude Code more control, but keeps it on a leash
Anthropic’s new auto mode for Claude Code lets AI execute tasks with fewer approvals, reflecting a broader shift toward more autonomous tools that balance speed with safety through built-in safeguards.
Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cowork can control your computer
Anthropic has updated Claude to perform tasks in its Code and Cowork AI tools autonomously by using your computer for you. The new feature can be used to automatically open files, use web browsers and apps, and run dev tools "with no setup required," even when you're away from your computer, accordi
This Argentine Billionaire’s Startup Vercel Is One Of Claude Code’s Go-To Web Hosting Tools
One of the most popular ways to view the Epstein Files, an interface called Jmail that mimics a Gmail inbox, is hosted on Guillermo Rauch’s $9 billion unicorn Vercel.
Why Garry Tan’s Claude Code setup has gotten so much love, and hate
Thousands of people are trying Garry Tan's Claude Code setup, which was shared on Github. And everyone has an opinion: even Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini.
Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code
Why is the biggest name in AI late to the AI coding revolution?
What The Claude Code Security Panic Got Wrong About Cybersecurity
Claude Code Security spooked investors but misses the bigger problem. The real risk to enterprises is in SaaS integrations and AI agents nobody is watching.
Claude Code rolls out a voice mode capability
Anthropic is stepping up its game in the AI coding space with the rollout of Voice Mode in Claude Code.
February 2026
Claude Code and the Great Productivity Panic of 2026
AI coding agents promised to make software development easier. Instead they’ve kicked off a high-pressure race to build at any cost.
How Claude Code Claude Codes
Claude Code is a developer tool for developers. And yet, over the last year and especially the last few months, the team at Anthropic has seen a huge number of people, across industries and disciplines, figure out how to access their terminal so that they could build new stuff too. Few AI products h
Claude Code Popularity Took Anthropic CEO By Surprise
The success of Anthropic's Claude Code helped turn the startup into an AI juggernaut, and its popularity took even the company’s CEO by surprise. Bloomberg’s Shirin Ghaffary joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Cyber Stocks Slide as Anthropic Unveils ‘Claude Code Security’
Shares of cybersecurity software companies tumbled Friday after Anthropic PBC introduced a new security feature into its Claude AI model.
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