Apple's Xcode 26.3 now features agentic coding, allowing developers to use AI coding agents directly within the platform to automate tasks and accelerate app development, according to multiple sources. The update integrates tools like Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex, enabling AI models to access Xcode features and developer documentation.
The new feature allows agents to access Xcode's capabilities, streamlining workflows, and empowering developers to focus on innovation by searching documentation, updating project settings, and verifying their work. This integration leverages the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect Xcode with MCP-compatible agents, optimizing token usage and tool calling for efficient AI-assisted development, according to TechCrunch. Xcode 26 had previously introduced initial support for ChatGPT and Claude.
In other tech news, OpenAI is reportedly shifting its focus from long-term research to the advancement of its ChatGPT chatbot due to increasing competition, leading to the departure of some senior staff, Ars Technica reported. This strategic shift reflects OpenAI's evolution from a research lab to a major tech company aiming to justify its valuation by prioritizing revenue-generating language model development.
Meanwhile, X (formerly Twitter) is facing multiple investigations in France and the UK concerning its AI chatbot Grok, The Verge reported. French police raided X's Paris office as part of a probe into allegations including child pornography and denial of crimes against humanity. UK authorities are investigating Grok's potential to generate harmful sexualized content. These investigations, drawing from reports by Reuters and updates from Ofcom, also involve summons for Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino to testify and examine potential algorithmic manipulation and illegal data extraction by X.
In other developments, Alibaba's MySQL branch, AliSQL, has integrated DuckDB as a native storage engine, allowing users to operate DuckDB with the same experience as MySQL, according to Hacker News. AliSQL is forked from official MySQL and used extensively in Alibaba Group's production environment. The current version is 8.0.44 (LTS).
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