Anthropic’s COBOL tool triggers worst single-day drop in 25 years in IBM's stock price: What it is and why it wiped billions of dollar for IBM

IBM shares plummeted after AI startup Anthropic announced its tool can automate COBOL modernization, threatening IBM's core ...

IBM's $40B stock wipeout is built on a misconception: Translating COBOL isn't the same as modernizing it

Investors wiped $40 billion from IBM's market cap after Anthropic released COBOL translation tools. Analysts say the market ...

Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry’s Code With AI

The Boston startup uses AI to translate and verify legacy software for defense contractors, arguing modernization can’t come at the cost of new bugs.
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New virtualization tools keep sprouting

Just like algae blooms in the ocean and pollen in the spring, there’s been an explosion in the past year or two of new software, related tools and lingo from the IT and mainstream/consumer side. Some ...

Ring Programming Language Team Honors a Decade of Contributions from Applications Master Bert Mariani (2016–2026)

Celebrating Ten Years of Innovation, Leadership, and Lasting Impact Bert’s decade of contributions has shaped Ring in ...
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Anthropic’s Claude Code vs COBOL: IBM Investors React

While Anthropic’s Claude Code grabbed headlines, IBM has been deploying its own generative AI solution, Watsonx Code Assistant for Z, designed to modernize the very mainframes it built. Unlike general ...

Anthropic Vs. IBM: AI Starts To Threaten Businesses (Rating Downgrade)

International Business Machines Corporation stock plunges; downgrade IBM to Hold as Anthropic's Claude Code threatens ...
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IBM falls most since 2000 after Anthropic COBOL AI claims; Thomas says translation isn’t modernization

IBM’s ( IBM) Software and Chief Commercial Officer, Rob Thomas, wrote in a Monday blog post that translating COBOL code isn’t equivalent to modernizing enterprise systems, emphasizing that platform ...