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Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 spends $20K trying to write a C compiler

AI agents build something that mostly works but worries the project's creator An Anthropic researcher's efforts to get its newly released Opus 4.6 model to build a C compiler left him "excited," ...

Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler

Over two weeks and nearly 2,000 Claude Code sessions costing about $20,000 in API fees, the AI model agents reportedly produced a 100,000-line Rust-based compiler capable of building a bootable Linux ...
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Anthropic's new AI model can create C compiler from scratch

Anthropic, an AI startup, recently launched its Claude Opus 4.6 model that can independently construct a C compiler, showcasing the power of collaborative AI agents.
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OK, so Anthropic's AI built a C compiler. That don't impress me much

Fanboys think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. Devs aren't nearly as won over Opinion I'm willing to be impressed by AI products, but Anthropic's AI‑built C compiler leaves me a bit cold.

How the GNU C Compiler became the Clippy of cryptography

Security devs forced to hide Boolean logic from overeager optimizer FOSDEM 2026 The creators of security software have ...
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Ada Compiler Generates C Source

With AdaCore’s latest GNAT Pro Ada compiler, it’s now possible to generate C source code using its Common Code Generator (CCG). This is designed to provide portability to the vast majority of ...