Anthropic showcased the future of coding at its two-day developer event, Code with Claude, held in London starting May 19, coinciding with Google’s I/O conference, according to technologyreview.com. The event highlighted how Anthropic’s AI, Claude, is transforming software development by writing significant portions of code autonomously.
During the event, Jeremy Hadfield, an Anthropic engineer, engaged the audience by asking how many had shipped pull requests entirely written by Claude in the past week, with nearly half raising their hands. He further inquired if anyone had shipped code without reading it, and most hands remained raised amid nervous laughter. This interaction illustrated the extent to which developers now rely on Claude for coding tasks. Anthropic staff emphasized that most software at their company is now written by Claude, including the code for Claude Code itself, underscoring the AI’s central role in their development process.
This shift reflects a broader industry trend where large language model-powered tools like Claude, OpenAI’s Codex, and similar technologies from Google and Microsoft are revolutionizing software creation. Developers increasingly depend on AI to generate, review, and update code, reducing the need for manual coding. This transformation is rapidly becoming normalized, altering traditional software engineering workflows and accelerating development cycles.
Looking ahead, Anthropic’s event signals the growing integration of AI in programming, with expectations that such tools will continue to evolve and become more deeply embedded in developer environments. Observers will be watching how these AI systems improve in reliability and how their adoption impacts software quality and productivity across the tech sector.