DeepSeek Unveils Autonomous Coding Agent Prototype in Push Against Claude Code, Codex

[The Information] DeepSeek has unveiled a prototype of a new autonomous coding agent, as the Chinese AI lab steps up efforts to compete with Anthropic's Claude Code, OpenAI's Codex and other popular coding tools, according to The Information. The DeepSeek Harness team open-sourced what it described as a "super agent" over the weekend.