World AffairsTimes of India•1 min read•10/4/2026 (4h ago)

Bill Gates, who built Microsoft on code, admits an AI tool now codes better than him

Bill Gates, who built Microsoft on code, admits an AI tool now codes better than him
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says technology has truly stunned him only three times in his life: the graphical user interface in 1980, ChatGPT's demo in 2022, and Anthropic's Claude Code this year. Calling coding the subject he knows best, Gates admitted the AI coding tool is now better than him in a meaningful sense. He also...

Key Takeaways

  • Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says technology has truly stunned him only three times in his life: the graphical user interface in 1980, ChatGPT's demo in 2022, and Anthropic's Claude Code this year.
  • Calling coding the subject he knows best, Gates admitted the AI coding tool is now better than him in a meaningful sense.
  • He also expects software engineering jobs to be among the first reshaped by tools like it.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says technology has truly stunned him only three times in his life: the graphical user interface in 1980, ChatGPT's demo in 2022, and Anthropic's Claude Code this year. Calling coding the subject he knows best, Gates admitted the AI coding tool is now better than him in a meaningful sense. He also expects software engineering jobs to be among the first reshaped by tools like it.

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