Apple is expanding Xcode's role from code editor to active collaborator, adding built-in agentic coding tools that can plan, execute, and iterate on development tasks alongside developers. On Tuesday, ...

Apple's Xcode 26.3 integrates Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's Codex, letting AI agents autonomously write, build, and test code—sparking debate over security and the future of software development.

Xcode 26.3 adds autonomous AI agents inside the IDE. Agents can build, test, and fix compile errors on their own. New visual checks use screenshots, but device limits remain. Apple today introduced a ...