Elon Musk's claim that artificial intelligence will make traditional computer coding obsolete by the end of 2026 is spreading online again, months after Musk first made the remark. Musk told xAI staff in February that AI could soon generate optimized binaries directly from plain language, bypassing traditional coding entirely. The remark, first made during an xAI all-hands meeting, has recirculated widely on social media in recent days. Reaction is split, with some technologists calling the timeline unrealistic given xAI's own recent coding setbacks. The same meeting detailed sweeping leadership changes at xAI, coming weeks after several co-founders departed the three-year-old company. Aman Madaan was named to lead Grok's core model and voice work, while Manuel Kroiss took over coding models and machine-learning infrastructure. Toby Pohlen took charge of a separate division tasked with automating broader company operations, and Musk said Grok Code would reach state-of-the-art performance within two to three months. Technologists remain skeptical; one software commentator argued compilers already translate code into machine instructions within milliseconds, comparing Musk's binary-generation vision to a category error. Others focused on what happens to millions of software jobs if the prediction proves even partly accurate.