With Xcode 26.3, Apple brings agentic AI to app development, enabling tools from OpenAI and Anthropic to build, debug, and automate code actively.

Apple's Xcode 26.3 integrates Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's Codex, letting AI agents autonomously write, build, and test code—sparking debate over security and the future of software development.

OpenAI announced yesterday Codex Desktop, a new native macOS app that treats AI coding agents like teammates you can direct, review and set loose on long tasks.

The app gives developers a centralized workspace to manage multiple AI coding agents across projects without losing task ...