AI is sprinting, and this week’s pace was dizzying!
At Microsoft Build and Google I/O, we saw a flood of dev-focused announcements, new models, better tooling, and smarter assistants. OpenAI shook things up with its surprise acquisition of IO, the design-forward startup from Jony Ive that had already picked up Wind Surf and its “vibe coding” platform.
But Anthropic quietly dropped what might be the most impressive update of the week: Claude 4. Analysts are calling it one of the best coding models released to date. And here’s where things get really interesting: rumor has it Apple is prepping a Claude 4 integration directly into Xcode. WWDC is around the corner, and if true, that could mark a major shift in how Apple plans to close the AI gap.
Every player is pushing forward. The race isn’t just about general intelligence anymore – it’s about who can make AI feel seamless, useful, and built-in for developers.
