What is COBOL, the high-level programming language that is behind biggest-ever fall in IBM stock value

AI startup Anthropic's claim of automating COBOL modernization sent IBM's stock plummeting, wiping billions off its market value. The decades-old language, still powering critical systems, faces a ...
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Why is the C programming language called C? And what happened to D?

There's more to the story than the alphabet.
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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 ...

Anthropic Vs. IBM: AI Starts To Threaten Businesses (Rating Downgrade)

International Business Machines Corporation stock plunges; downgrade IBM to Hold as Anthropic's Claude Code threatens ...

When AI learns legacy: How code that rewrites itself is changing IT economics

On 23 Feb 2026, IBM shares dropped 13%, losing nearly $30B, after Anthropic's Claude AI promised faster COBOL modernization, ...