Claude AI finds 500 high-severity software vulnerabilities

Anthropic only released its latest large language model, Claude Opus 4.6, on Thursday, but it has already been using it behind the scenes to identify zero-day vulnerabilities in open-source software. In the trial, it put Claude inside a virtual machine with access to the latest versions of open source projects, and provided it with a…

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AI Will Rewrite Employee Experience, And Deep Listening Shows How

Leaders in employee experience (EX), HR, and IT are entering a decisive moment. AI is rapidly reshaping how organizations understand and support their people — but most firms still rely on engagement methods that couldn’t capture the emotional pulse of the workforce even before this latest technology onslaught, much less today. Employees express stress, frustration,…

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Python everywhere—but are we there yet?

How does Python’s new native JIT stack up against PyPy? Is there life for machine learning applications outside of Python? And can we run our Python apps in WebAssembly yet? Keep reading for answers to these and other burning questions from the Python develop-o-sphere. Top picks for Python readers on InfoWorld CPython vs. PyPy: Which…

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Google unveils API and MCP server for developer documentation

Google is previewing the Developer Knowledge API and an associated Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, which together offer a machine-readable gateway to the company’s official developer documentation. Announced February 4, the Developer Knowledge API is designed to be the programmatic source of truth for Google’s public documentation. Developers can access documentation from firebase.google.com, developer.android.com, docs.cloud.google.com,…

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Visual Studio Code update shines on coding agents

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.109, the latest update of the company’s popular code editor. The new release brings multiple enhancements for agents, including improvements for optimization, extensibility, security, and session management. Released February 4 and also known as the January 2026 release, VS Code 1.109 can be downloaded for Windows, Linux, and macOS…

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