coding-assistants

Anthropic confirmed that widespread complaints about Claude Code quality degradation were caused by three separate bugs in the coding assistant's harness, not the underlying models. One critical bug caused Claude to clear its thinking context every turn in sessions that had been idle for over an hour, making it appear forgetful and repetitive.

OpenAI is replacing per-seat licensing with usage-based pricing for Codex in ChatGPT Business and Enterprise plans, eliminating upfront license costs. Eligible Business customers can claim up to $500 in promotional credit per workspace. The shift targets enterprises where coding tools typically expand from individual developers to full teams, positioning OpenAI against GitHub Copilot and Cursor.

Google has released an Agent Skill for the Gemini API that provides language models with current information about their own APIs, SDKs, and best practices. Testing across 117 coding tasks showed Gemini 3.1 Pro's success rate jumped from 28.2% to 96.6%, though older 2.5-series models showed minimal improvement.