Anthropic’s Code with Claude showed off coding’s future—whether you like it or n

But Anthropic urges caution as "research preview" safeguards "aren't absolute."

Claude Code may have captured a lot of the software world’s imagination, but Anthropic’s competition hasn’t been far behind. Read more from @davidpierce.xyz:

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Anthropic’s Code with Claude

Anthropic says its AI Claude has "autonomously discovered" a new enzyme system similar to machinery behind the powerful gene-editing tool Crispr. It's the first result from

The Claude Code team publishes its review numbers, Anthropic replaces git at 30,000 merges a day, and Meta, Reflection and DeepSeek release open weights on three consecutive days.

Anthropic was the star of the show at San Francisco's AI-centric conference.

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