Google is releasing a free version of Gemini Code Assist, which is an AI-coding assistant. Now in public preview, Gemini Code Assist for individuals provides free access to a Gemini 2.0 model fine-tuned for coding within Visual Studio Code and JetBrains IDEs. The model was trained on a variety of real-world coding use cases and … continue reading
Anthropic made two major announcements today: the release of Claude 3.7 Sonnet and a research preview for an agentic coding tool called Claude Code. Claude Sonnet is the company’s medium cost and performance model, sitting in between the smaller Haiku model and the most powerful Opus models. According to Anthropic, Claude 3.7 Sonnet is the … continue reading
MongoDB has announced it is acquiring Voyage AI, a company that makes embedding and reranking models. This acquisition will enable MongoDB’s customers to build reliable AI-powered applications using data stored in MongoDB databases, according to the company. MongoDB went on to explain that AI-powered applications are prone to hallucinations because of their probabilistic nature, and … continue reading
Software companies are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms, and it can be hard to keep up with it all. We’ve written this roundup to share updates from 10 notable companies that have recently enhanced their products with AI. OpenAI expands Operator to more countries Operator is now available … continue reading
With AI making its way into code and infrastructure, it’s also becoming important in the area of data search and retrieval. I recently had the chance to discuss this with Steve Kearns, the general manager of Search at Elastic, and how AI and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) can be used to build smarter, more reliable … continue reading
Symbiotic Security has announced updates to its application and IDE extension, which provides secure coding recommendations and fixes vulnerabilities as code is written. “With Symbiotic’s software, security is no longer an afterthought; it is where it should have always been – integrated into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) as a foundational part of the coding … continue reading
Microsoft has announced that Visual Studio now supports code referencing for GitHub Copilot completions. Code referencing enables developers to verify if the suggestions coming from Copilot are based on public code, which could potentially lead to open-source licensing issues depending on what the developer is using the code for. “By integrating code referencing into GitHub … continue reading
Application security posture management company Apiiro today has released two open-source tools to help organizations defend against malicious code in their applications. The action comes on the heels of Apiiro’s security research that shows thousands of malicious code instances in repositories and packages. According to the company, its focus in the research was deep code … continue reading
Technology continues to rapidly advance, particularly with the ongoing evolution of generative AI, the growing emergence of innovative methods for leveraging data, and new platforms that enable companies to rapidly develop SaaS offerings. However, many organizations have approached innovation without a comprehensive strategy or holistic view of their applications, simply focusing on adding the latest … continue reading
DeepSeek has taken the tech world by storm for the past month after it was revealed that the company’s models were trained for a fraction of the cost of other top models while still delivering competitive performance in many areas. Not only were they cheaper to train, but they’re also cheaper to run, making DeepSeek’s … continue reading
The integration company Boomi today announced a new API management solution that empowers organizations to control API sprawl. Organizations that are utilizing generative AI have about five times as many APIs as those who aren’t, according to IDC’s API Sprawl and AI Enablement report from December 2024. “APIs have become the backbone of AI-driven innovation, … continue reading
The AI gold rush is here. Unlike past tech booms, this isn’t just about who has the best technology—it’s about who can move fast, build efficiently, and iterate on the fly. Companies that thrive in this era are the ones mastering a tricky balancing act: building transformative AI products while moving at a blistering pace. … continue reading
Software companies are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms, and it can be hard to keep up with it all. We’ve written this roundup to share updates from 10 notable companies that have recently enhanced their products with AI. Google announces public beta for Gen AI Toolbox for Databases … continue reading
The Android development team has announced the second beta of Android 16, adding updates to the camera and media, along with several behavior changes. One of the camera updates is the ability to use hybrid auto exposure, where the user controls some aspects of exposure and the auto-exposure (AE) algorithm handles the rest. Users will … continue reading
