'Claude cannot be trusted to perform complex engineering tasks': AMD AI head slams Anthropic's coding tool after months of frustration

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• AMD AI director says Claude Code lost performance in a February 2026 update
• Claude Code "cannot be trusted" on complex tasks per thousands of coding sessions
• Anthropic says it reduced effort to medium, but Teams and Enterprises may be able to get high

AMD AI director Stella Laurenzo has claimed Claude Code has become less effective since around February 2026, arguing that it "cannot be trusted to perform complex engineering tasks."

Laurenzo's criticism isn't unfounded, based on the company's analysis of over 6,800 coding sessions, nearly 235,000 tool calls and nearly 18,000 reasoning blocks.

"Every senior engineer on my team has reported similar experiences/anecdotes," Laurenzo wrote, noting that stop-hook violations (where Claude gave up early, dodged responsibility or ...