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I made Claude Code worse by giving it too much freedom, and here's how to keep it laser focused

Four small changes that made it sharp again.

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 is here with 3X cheaper fast mode and near-Mythos level alignment

Opus 4.8 shows a growing tendency to reason explicitly about how its outputs will be graded, including in environments where it wasn't told it was being evaluated.
Developer Tech

Microsoft moves engineers from Claude Code to GitHub Copilot CLI

Microsoft is reportedly ending most internal use of Claude Code and directing engineers to move their workflows to GitHub ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Claude Code's /goal command finally makes 'agentic' mean something

No more babysitting your AI coding assistant.
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ChatGPT Codex vs Claude Code: How to Download on Windows, Pricing & Differences

Overview:  ChatGPT Codex and Claude Code both help write and fix code, but they differ in price, features, and Windows support.Claude Code is better for un ...

Warning Issued As Fake Claude Code Installer Attacks Confirmed

A fake Claude code installer can successfully exfiltrate decrypted cookies, passwords and payment methods from Chromium browsers. Here's how.

AI Coding Trade Showing Cracks? Claude Code, Codex Growth Suddenly Slows As Budgets May Be Running Dry, Researcher Says: 'It's Clear That Growth...'

Artificial intelligence coding tools such as Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI Codex showed signs of slowing after surging earlier this year, with independent AI researcher Rihard Jarc citing ...
XDA Developers on MSN

4 Claude Code settings I change before letting it touch a project

Considering how many AI tools and features have launched in the past three years, we've all gotten into the habit of using ...