AI Agents Plunged the Tech World Into Chaos. Here's Exactly How That Happened

Claudeholics gathered in London to network around coding tools such as Anthropic’s Claude Code, describing intense dedication that still felt insufficient. A new release, Opus 4.5, expanded capabilities for complex programming, increased memory retention, supported long multi-hour runs, and enabled teams of AI subagents. Anthropic also claimed its model outperformed every human candidate on a difficult take-home engineering exam, raising questions about how AI will affect engineering work. Many coders spent holidays testing the tool, likening it to gaining superpowers. In November 2025, Steinberger launched OpenClaw, a tool that creates personal AI agents with access to data and apps, optionally including payment details, which then search cloud resources and browse the web to complete user requests autonomously.

"“I dedicate pretty much all my waking time to this, yet it doesn't feel enough,” he told the gathering in a cozy, brick-walled room."

"“Opus 4.5, it could handle more complicated programming tasks, retain much more in its memory, run for many hours on end, and manage a team of AI subagents.”"

"“Anthropic has what it describes as a notoriously difficult take-home exam for prospective engineering hires; in a head-to-head comparison of those people and its models, Anthropic claimed that Opus 4.5 scored higher than any human candidate ever, which raises questions on how AI will change engineering as a profession.”"

"“Give it access to your data, your apps, and maybe even your credit card, and it scours your cloud and ventures onto the web to do your bidding. It can run autonomously in the background and overcome obstacles with the persistence of the Terminator.”"

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