Quality-Regression

Something is wrong with Claude Code in April 2026 — and it’s not just Reddit complaints. The Register is reporting that AMD’s AI Director has publicly stated that Claude Code “cannot be trusted to perform complex engineering tasks,” citing a pattern of degraded output quality that has frustrated developers across the industry. This story is distinct from the 50-subcommand bypass CVE that made headlines earlier this month. That was a security vulnerability. This is something potentially more operationally damaging: a quality regression that appears to affect the model’s core competence at the engineering tasks it’s supposed to excel at. ...