The Financial Express

Explainer: How Claude Code threatens to disrupt IBM’s mainframe biz

On3, 2026, Anthropic unveiled Claude Code, an AI tool capable of modernizing decades-old COBOL systems in months rather than years.

Will software engineering profession die in the age of AI? IBM stock bleeds as Claude Code writes COBOL scripts. What it means for techies

AI agents like Claude Code are reshaping software development by automating legacy modernisation and routine coding. A recent ...
CIO

Anthropic’s claim that AI can quickly refactor COBOL rattles IBM investors

Investors reacted to Anthropic’s assertion that Claude Code could streamline legacy COBOL modernization, raising concerns about pressure on IBM’s high‑margin mainframe services despite longstanding ...
InfoQ

AWS Drops Patent Infringement Protection for Video Encoding Services

AWS has removed its legal protections for customers using its video transcoding and streaming services, potentially exposing them to patent infringement claims from codec rights holders. The change ...
Securities.io

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 ...