Google researchers successfully found a zero-day vulnerability using LLM assisted vulnerability detection

One of Google’s security research initiatives, Project Zero, has successfully managed to detect a zero-day memory safety vulnerability using LLM assisted detection. “We believe this is the first public example of an AI agent finding a previously unknown exploitable memory-safety issue in widely used real-world software,” the team wrote in a post. Project Zero is …

Using certifications to level up your development career

Building a career as a software developer can be valuable, but can be a competitive field to break into, especially in 2024 when over 130,000 layoffs have occurred at tech companies already. While not all 130,000 may have been software engineers, they have not been immune from the cuts. One way developers can set themselves …

Shifting left with telemetry pipelines: The future of data tiering at petabyte scale

In today’s rapidly evolving observability and security use cases, the concept of “shifting left” has moved beyond just software development. With the consistent and rapid rise of data volumes across logs, metrics, traces, and events, organizations are required to be a lot more thoughtful in efforts to turn chaos into control when it comes to …

Microsoft enhances Data Wrangler with the ability to prepare data using natural language with new GitHub Copilot integration

Microsoft has announced that GitHub Copilot is now integrated with Data Wrangler, an extension for VS Code for viewing, cleaning, and preparing data.  By integrating GitHub Copilot capabilities into the tool, users will now be able to clean and transform data in VS Code with natural language prompts. It will also be able to provide …

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WSO2’s latest product release allows AI services to be managed like APIs

The API management platform WSO2 has announced a slew of new updates aimed at helping customers manage APIs in a technology landscape increasingly dependent on AI and Kubernetes. The updates span the releases of WSO2 API Manager 4.4, WSO2 API Platform for Kubernetes (APK) 1.2, and WSO2 API Microgateway 3.2, which are all available today.  …

Aerospike Kubernetes Operator 3.4 adds better backup and scalability capabilities

The database company Aerospike has announced the latest version of its Kubernetes Operator with new features that improve backup and scalability.  The Aerospike Kubernetes Operator (AKO) enables users to simplify management and monitoring of their Aerospike databases.  AKO 3.4 incorporates the recently launched Aerospike Backup Service (ABS), which allows for easy management of backup jobs …

3 common missteps of product-led growth

Product-led growth (PLG) has become the golden standard for SaaS companies aiming to scale rapidly and efficiently. In fact, a 2024 survey from ProductLed.com found that 91% of respondents are planning to invest more resources in PLG initiatives this year. As an advocate for this approach personally, I’ve witnessed firsthand the transformative power of putting …

IBM releases open AI agents for resolving GitHub issues

IBM is releasing a family of AI agents (IBM SWE-Agent 1.0) that are powered by open LLMs and can resolve GitHub issues automatically, freeing up developers to work on other things rather than getting bogged down by their backlog of bugs that need fixing.  “For most software developers, every day starts with where the last …

ChatGPT can now include web sources in responses

OpenAI is updating ChatGPT so that its responses include results from the web, bringing the power of the search engine directly into the chat interface. “This blends the benefits of a natural language interface with the value of up-to-date sports scores, news, stock quotes, and more,” OpenAI wrote in a post. According to OpenAI, ChatGPT …

Gemini responses can now be grounded with Google Search results

Google is announcing that the Gemini API and Google AI Studio now both offer the ability to ground models using Google Search, which will improve the accuracy and reliability of Gemini’s responses.  By grounding the responses with Google Search results, responses can have fewer hallucinations, more up-to-date information, and richer information. Grounded responses also include …

Google open sources Java-based differential privacy library

Google has announced that it is open sourcing a new Java-based differential privacy library called PipelineDP4J.  Differential privacy, according to Google, is a privacy-enhancing technology (PET) that “allows for analysis of datasets in a privacy-preserving way to help ensure individual information is never revealed.” This enables researchers or analysts to study a dataset without accessing …

Tabnine’s new Code Review Agent validates code based on a dev team’s unique best practices and standards

The AI coding assistant provider Tabnine is releasing a private preview for its Code Review Agent, a new AI-based tool that validates software based on the development team’s unique best practices and standards for software development.  According to Tabnine, using AI to review code is nothing new, but many of the tools currently available check …

GitHub Copilot now offers access to new Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI models

GitHub is hosting its annual user conference, GitHub Universe, today and tomorrow, and has announced a number of new AI capabilities that will enable developers to build applications more quickly, securely, and efficiently.  Many of the updates were across GitHub Copilot. First up, GitHub announced that users now have access to more model choices thanks …

OpenSSF updates its Developing Secure Software course with new interactive labs

The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is updating its Developing Secure Software (LFD121) course with new interactive learning labs that provide developers with more hands-on learning opportunities.  LFD121 is a free course offered by OpenSSF that takes about 14-18 hours to complete. Any student who passes the final exam gets a certificate that is valid …

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