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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.

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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.
  • Reported by Times of India and published Sun, 04 Oct 2026 06:10:27 UTC.

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