Sixteen autonomous AI agents collaborated to independently build a full C compiler, showcasing unprecedented progress in machine-driven software engineering.

Days after putting SaaS companies on alert with Claude Cowork, Anthropic has now revealed that its Claude Opus 4.6 model can build a C compiler from scratch. Here is why it is a big deal.

The C language has been a programming staple for decades. Here’s how it stacks up against C++, Java, C#, Go, Rust, Python, and the newest kid on the block—Carbon. The C programming language has been ...