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313 Google Programmer Claims AI Solved A Problem That Took Human Coders A Year

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SlashGear · 01/07/2026 12:15 EDT

Google Programmer Claims AI Solved A Problem That Took Human Coders A Year

As questions about the use of AI in every day tasks are on the rise, a Google programmer has claimed the company's Claude is working faster than humans.

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