OpenAI’s big Codex update is a direct shot at Claude Code

The package of updates comes as OpenAI’s rivalry with Anthropic intensifies, following the stellar successes of Claude Code ...
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Claude Opus 4.7 Is Here: Anthropic’s Latest Model Delivers, But It’s a Token Eating Machine

Anthropic's new flagship model Claude Opus 4.7 beat every benchmark we threw at it, and eats tokens like a hungry teenager.
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code Updates Boost AI Agents, Terminal Control and Copilot Workflow

Across the April 8 and April 15, 2026 releases, Visual Studio Code expanded its agent-focused tooling with a new companion app, better terminal interaction, session debugging and more built-in Copilot ...
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VS Code 1.116 Ships Built-in Copilot, Agent Debug Tools

Microsoft has embedded GitHub Copilot as a default VS Code extension in version 1.116, adding agent debug logging, terminal ...