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I tested 5 open-source Figma replacements — one absolutely crushed the rest

I ended up testing five Figma replacements—Lunacy, Excalidraw, Plasmic, Inkscape, and Penpot over the course of three weeks.
InfoWorld

Writing code is so over

Soon AI agents will be writing better, cleaner code than any mere human can, just like compilers can write better assembly.

I tested Opus 4.5 to see if it's really 'the best in the world' at coding - and things got weird fast

Now, we're back with Opus 4.5. Anthropic, the company behind Claude claims, and I quote, "Our newest model, Claude Opus 4.5, is available today. It's intelligent, efficient, and the best model in the ...
GeekWire

Survey: Two-thirds of AI-native startups let AI write most of their code

[Editor’s Note: This guest post is by Marcelo Calbucci, a longtime Seattle tech and startup community leader.] This month, I ran a survey with early-stage founders from Seattle-based Foundations about ...
NPR

Tech CEOs say the era of 'code by AI' is here. Some software engineers are skeptical

Tech CEOs are making ambitious claims about AI's coding capabilities. In March, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said "we'll be there in three to six months — where AI is writing 90% of the code." Meta's ...
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Google Colab Allows You to Write and Run Python Code in Your Browser – Getting Started Guide

Google Colab, also known as Colaboratory, is a free online tool from Google that lets you write and run Python code directly in your browser. It works like Jupyter Notebook but without the hassle of ...
The Washington Post

AI firm DeepSeek writes less-secure code for groups China disfavors

The Chinese artificial intelligence engine DeepSeek often refuses to help programmers or gives them code with major security flaws when they say they are working for the banned spiritual movement ...
Futurism

Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code

With so many wild predictions flying around about the future AI, it’s important to occasionally take a step back and check in on what came true — and what hasn’t come to pass. Exactly six months ago, ...
techannouncer

Mastering Code Generation: Your Guide on How to Use ChatGPT to Write Code

Lately, everyone’s talking about using AI for coding, and ChatGPT is right at the center of it. It’s like having a coding buddy who can help you out with all sorts of tasks, from writing small bits of ...
CNN

House panel to make Epstein files public after redactions to protect victim identities

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform intends to make public some files it subpoenaed related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, though it will first redact them to shield victims’ IDs and ...
Ars Technica

Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species”

Google Gemini has a problem with self-criticism. “I am sorry for the trouble. I have failed you. I am a failure,” the AI tool recently told someone who was using Gemini to build a compiler, according ...