Days after putting SaaS companies on alert with Claude Cowork, Anthropic has now revealed that its Claude Opus 4.6 model can build a C compiler from scratch. Here is why it is a big deal.

Fanboys think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. Devs aren't nearly as won over Opinion I'm willing to be impressed by AI products, but Anthropic's AI‑built C compiler leaves me a bit cold.