Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway spotlight the 2026 software buzz around Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI coding agent that sparked a market scare and ushered in vibe coding. The conversation dives into how the tool promises to streamline development for pros and amateurs alike.

Boris Cherny, Anthropic’s side‑project lead, recounts the early days of Claude Code and the team’s approach to building an agentic coding tool. Topics include the business aims of a harness, safety and alignment research, and the shifting skill set that now values engineers who can work alongside an AI co‑worker.

Other podcasts touch on the Fed’s independence, soccer analytics, FAST data‑center moratoriums, and AI’s paradoxical impact on legal work. Gary Wingens of Lowenstein Sandler warns that cheaper AI could boost litigation, while Kathy Hochul’s New York pause highlights the tension between AI growth and infrastructure limits.

Listeners gain insight into how AI tools are reshaping industries, from finance to sports to law, and what that means for the future of work and regulation.