Apple taps Anthropic for AI coding as developers await Swift Assist

While Apple works to boost Apple Intelligence, the company is reportedly teaming up with Anthropic to integrate Claude with Xcode, Apple’s integrated development environment. However, Xcode with Claude integration could just be an internal tool for Apple. Mark Gurman at Bloomberg exclusively reports on the unannounced partnership between Apple and Anthropic. According to Gurman, Apple hasn’t decided if the version of Xcode that integrates with Claude will be released outside of Apple. Apple will roll out the software internally and hasn’t yet decided whether to launch it publicly, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the initiative hasn’t been announced. The work shows how Apple is using AI to improve its internal workflow, aiming to speed up and modernize product development. The approach is similar to one used by companies such as Windsurf and Cursor maker Anysphere, which offer advanced AI coding assistants popular with software developers. Still, the developme ... Read full article.