a mobile phone's screen showing the logo of Chinese AI Zhipu in Beijing on January 21, 2026. Investor confidence in Chinese AI startups is riding high, but obstacles to their long-term success range ...

UPDATE 6/16: SpaceX says it will acquire Anysphere, the parent company of AI coding platform developer Cursor, for $60 billion. Cursor will become a SpaceX subsidiary, and the company expects the deal ...

AI coding agent startup Niteshift has raised a $7 million seed round led by Greylock’s Jerry Chen. That’s a modest sum by AI standards, but the startup, founded by two former early Datadog engineers, ...

The latest flare-up in the debate over AI-assisted coding did not come from a new model release or a benchmark result. It came from a single line of text buried inside a software update. Earlier this ...

The controversy over vibe coding reached a new high this week after a developer added hidden instructions to his open source Java testing app to sabotage projects performed by AI coding agents. The ...

Nicola Jones is a freelance writer in Pemberton, Canada. Last year, climate researcher Zeke Hausfather was playing around with climate-data visualizations, trying to find new and shocking ways to show ...

Everyone knows that software engineering is a get-rich-quick hack, and if you want to prepare for your future or alternative career, Code a Business codes can help you out a bunch, getting your garage ...

Artificial intelligence startup Cursor is in talks to raise a $2 billion fundraising round at an over $50 billion valuation, which does not include the investment, a source familiar with the matter ...

Anyone can code using AI. But it might come with a hidden cost. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Over the past year, AI systems have ...

Vibe coding, where AI generates code from plain language, is rapidly adopted but creates significant security risks. Studies reveal thousands of high-impact vulnerabilities and exposed secrets in live ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The tech world is both in awe of and fearful of vibe coding. On one hand, tech giants are all in on ...