The Model Context Protocol (MCP) was created to enable AI agents to connect to data and systems, and while there are a number of benefits to having a standard interface for connectivity, there are still issues to work out regarding privacy and security. Already there have been a number of incidents caused by MCP, such … continue reading
The rise of AI-infused applications, particularly those leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs), has introduced a major challenge to traditional software testing: non-determinism. Unlike conventional applications that produce fixed, predictable outputs, AI-based systems can generate varied, yet equally correct, responses for the same input. This unpredictability makes ensuring test reliability and stability a daunting task. A … continue reading
AI-generated code introduces a lot of risk into the development process. A recent Sonatype report found that AI hallucinated 27% of upgrade recommendations for open source projects, while research from Veracode found that AI introduced security vulnerabilities in 45% of 80 coding tasks across 100+ different LLMs. Now, new research from Black Duck is shedding … continue reading
Atlassian today announced that agents have been incorporated into Jira, allowing development teams to shift work to agents while maintaining visibility of tasks and progress. “With both people and agents on the team, Jira is how you do 10x the work, without 10x the chaos. Instead of agents firing off work for individuals with no … continue reading
Userware today announced a new version of XAML.io, its browser-based IDE for .NET development built on top of the open source framework OpenSilver. The two main capabilities being added in XAML.io 0.6 are the ability to share code using a URL and support for NuGet packages. Developers will now be able to share a link … continue reading
Sauce Labs today announced general availability of the Real Device Access API, giving developers a programmable mobile testing infrastructure that offers device-level controls with no testing framework required. With AI capabilities built into the device and OS level, the tools that developers have relied on to test mobile applications have failed to keep up with … continue reading
In the pursuit of organizational strategy, many companies are finding a wide gap between what they aspire to do and the reality of what they can do. While nearly all businesses recognize the critical nature of Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM), less than half feel their current processes are truly effective.That was the key takeaway from … continue reading
Red Hat is introducing a unified AI platform for deploying and managing AI models, agents, and applications. Red Hat AI Enterprise aims to help companies that are stuck in AI pilot phases as a result of fragmented tools and infrastructure, by offering a standard environment where organizations can perform AI inference, customize and tune models, … continue reading
Members of the MySQL community are calling on Oracle to establish a foundation for the project, with an open letter that lays out a few pressing concerns affecting MySQL today. “We see MySQL kind of becoming a legacy technology, and we think if we don’t take some steps, it risks becoming irrelevant … We want … continue reading
Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 features improved skills in coding, computer use, long-context reasoning, agent planning, knowledge work, and design. It is now the default model in claude.ai and Claude Cowork, has a 1M context window (beta), and is priced the same as Sonnet 4.5, at $3 per million input tokens and … continue reading
Moderne has announced that its OpenRewrite code refactoring platform now supports Python, enabling organizations to modernize their systems, fix vulnerabilities, and run change initiatives over a larger proportion of their application and data infrastructure. OpenRewrite is powered by the company’s Lossless Semantic Tree (LST), a code model that resolves symbols, tracks relationships, and preserves intent, … continue reading
Komprise, the leader in analytics-driven unstructured data management, today announces Komprise AI Preparation & Process Automation (KAPPA) data services, a first-of-its-kind serverless compute offering for unstructured data. Unstructured data is hard to leverage and process for AI, as it is spread across NAS, cloud and SaaS and has rampant quality issues. Fast, accurate metadata extraction … continue reading
