Apple Said to Be Working With Anthropic on AI e1d3i Powered Version of Xcode

Apple reportedly wants its AI-powered version of Xcode to write, test, and debug code. o6756

Written by David Delima | Updated: 5 May 2025 12:20 IST

Apple Said to Be Working With Anthropic on AI-Powered Version of Xcode

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The AI version of Xcode is said to be powered by Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model

Highlights

AI-powered Xcode may write, edit, test code autonomously
Apple reportedly partners with Anthropic for Claude integration
New workflow could “vibe coding” via chat interface

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Apple is reportedly working with Anthropic to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) ed version of Xcode. The Cupertino-based tech giant's integrated development environment (IDE) for developing software across all its platforms was upgraded with an AI coding companion dubbed Swift Assist last year. The company is now planning to integrate AI capabilities much more comprehensively, according to a Bloomberg report. The upgraded version of Xcode will be able to write, edit, and test code using AI, without requiring intervention from developers.

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Bloomberg Anthropic's Claude Sonnet model (the model version was not specified).

The new Xcode will be focused on “vibe coding”. The phrase was coined and popularised by Andrej Karpathy, Co-founder of OpenAI and former AI director at Tesla, in February. Vibe coding is essentially a new programming paradigm where developers describe what they want to build or code, and an AI model with a chat interface writes, edits, tests, and even deploys the code. With vibe coding, the role of a coder is essentially to focus on the vision for the final product.

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According to the publication, Apple was apprehensive ing AI to make consumer-focused software. However, the company is reportedly considering the transition to improve internal workflow and speed up software development cycles.

Apple's new programming platform reportedly comes with a chat interface where developers can type prompts about the code they want to write or any alterations they want to make. The platform is said to also feature a testing environment that can test interfaces (UI), a process which the sources called “cumbersome when done manually.” The upgraded version of Xcode can reportedly also find and fix bugs in existing code.

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