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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is quietly entering the AI coding assistant space, and it's doing it alongside Anthropic, one of the most heavily funded artificial intelligence startups in the world.

Backed by Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) with a $4 billion investment, including an initial $1.25 billion with an option for an additional $2.75 billion, and Google, with a $500 million upfront investment and a commitment of up to $2 billion total, as reported by Reuters, Anthropic is now collaborating with Apple to launch a new AI-enhanced coding tool built into Xcode, according to Bloomberg.

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The tool will rely on Anthropic's Claude Sonnet, a cutting-edge language model capable of writing, editing, and executing code with advanced reasoning and troubleshooting abilities, Bloomberg reports. Internally dubbed a "vibe-coding" interface, the assistant is designed to let Apple engineers build full software components using natural language, which is a step forward in the tech giant’s growing effort to embed generative AI into its core development tools.

According to Bloomberg, this marks one of Apple's first direct partnerships with a major AI player amid growing competition from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), which has already integrated OpenAI's GPT technology into GitHub Copilot, a popular AI pair-programming assistant.

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With funding exceeding $7 billion, Built In San Francisco reports, and strategic backing from two giants, Claude is quickly positioning itself as a rival to OpenAI's GPT-4, according to Tom’s Guide. The Claude family of models is known for high performance in reasoning, code generation, and low hallucination rates, making it an ideal choice for professional-level AI coding applications, Anthropic‘s website states.

Apple's decision to integrate Claude Sonnet into Xcode represents a notable departure from its typical vertically integrated approach. According to Bloomberg, this tool will initially be used internally, but discussions are ongoing about a broader rollout to external developers. Developers will be able to request bug fixes, test interface elements, or even write entire blocks of Swift code using natural language prompts, Bloomberg reports.