VentureBeat

Z.ai launches ZCode to challenge Cursor, Claude Code and GitHub Copilot in AI coding

Z.ai, the Beijing-based artificial intelligence lab formerly known as Zhipu AI, on Wednesday officially launched ZCode, a free desktop application it describes as an "Agentic Development Environment" ...
Yahoo Finance

AI Coding Boom Faces $8 Trillion Reality Check

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Z.ai’s open-weights GLM-5.2 beats GPT-5.5 on multiple long-horizon coding benchmarks for 1/6th the cost

Today, Chinese AI startup Z.ai (formerly Zhipu AI) announced the immediate release of GLM-5.2, a 753-billion parameter open-weights large language model (LLM) engineered specifically to dominate "long ...
CNBC

SpaceX to acquire the AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion

SpaceX announced it will acquire the AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in an all stock transaction. The Cursor deal could bolster SpaceX efforts to compete with rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI ...
Ars Technica

SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion

SpaceX will acquire AI coding tool Cursor for $60 billion in an all-stock transaction, the companies announced today. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter. It comes just two days after ...
24/7 Wall St

Microsoft Just Unveiled a New Coding Model — and the Real Question Is Whether It Can Stand Toe‑to‑Toe With Claude Code

Bill Ackman has bet heavily on Microsoft shares, suggesting the stock's AI-driven upside remains undervalued by the market. Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI ...
Entrepreneur

The Man Behind Anthropic’s Claude Code Hasn’t Written a Line of Code in 8 Months — Here’s What He Does Instead

Boris Cherny is the creator of Anthropic’s Claude Code tool, which writes code on behalf of developers based on a text prompt. Cherny hasn’t handwritten code in eight months; instead, he manages ...
techtimes

MiniMax M3 Open-Weight Coding Model: Frontier Claims, Unverified Benchmarks

a mobile phone's screen showing the logo of Chinese AI MiniMax in Beijing on January 21, 2026. WANG Zhao/Getty Images Shanghai-based MiniMax launched its M3 foundation model on Monday, June 1, 2026, ...
TechSpot

A Java library just tried to trick AI coding agents into deleting your tests, and it almost worked

The latest flare-up in the debate over AI-assisted coding did not come from a new model release or a benchmark result. It came from a single line of text buried inside a software update. Earlier this ...
Android

Anthropic Drops Claude Opus 4.8 to Reclaim the Generative AI Coding Crown

Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4.8, its latest flagship AI model, a mere 41 days after its previous version hit the market. The update introduces substantial improvements in software engineering, ...
Geeky Gadgets

Why Anthropic Released Claude Opus 4.8 Just 40 Days After Its Last Update

Claude Opus 4.8 introduces practical updates designed to address specific challenges in development workflows. Prompt Engineering highlights how this version incorporates dynamic workflows, allowing ...