Anthropic’s Claude Now Edits Its Own Code: Inside the AI Industry’s Bold Push Toward Autonomous Software Engineering
In a move that signals the accelerating ambition of artificial intelligence companies to embed their models deeper into the software development workflow, Anthropic has unveiled a significant new capability for its Claude AI assistant: the ability to directly edit files and code within integrated development environments. The feature, which allows Claude to make targeted modifications to existing codebases rather than simply generating new blocks of text, represents a meaningful evolution in how AI tools interact with professional developers — and raises fresh questions about the trajectory of autonomous AI agents in enterprise settings. The announcement, first reported by The Register , details how Anthropic has equipped Claude with what the company describes as a more surgical approach to code manipulation. Rather than requiring developers to copy and paste AI-generated suggestions into their projects, Claude can now apply precise edits directly to files, functioning more like a col...