Microsoft and Google are late to AI coding, but 'absolutely critical' they compete for growth

Coding tools are becoming an increasingly big target for Google and Microsoft as they try to catch up to Anthropic and OpenAI ...

Google wants your app code so badly, it's willing to pay for it

Google is offering to pay Android developers for access to their code through a "confidential content offer pilot." The ...

Google Reportedly Wants Android App Code From Play Store Developers

Google is reportedly offering to pay select Android developers for source-code access. Here’s what Play Store developers ...
eWeek

Google Unveils New AI Coding Tools to Challenge Anthropic, OpenAI

Google’s Gemini 3.5 Flash and Antigravity 2.0 push deeper into coding agents as it competes with Anthropic and OpenAI.
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Alibaba’s Qwen Beats OpenAI, Google in AI Coding Rank

Alibaba’s Qwen3.7-Max ranked fourth on Code Arena, beating OpenAI and Google models in a web development benchmark.
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Google hints at new direction with vibe coding

Google is introducing a shift in how people interact with code, creativity, and application development. Its latest feature, known as vibe coding, emerges within a redesigned Google AI Studio intended ...
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Google's Jules coding agent moves beyond chat with new command line and API

Google wants its coding assistant, Jules, to be far more integrated into developers’ terminals than ever. The company wants to make it a more workflow-native tool, hoping that more people will use it ...

Agentic app coding gets an upgrade with Google’s release of Android CLI

Google is embracing the rise of AI coding agents with new Android tools designed to work with platforms like Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex, allowing developers — or their AI assistants — to build ...