AI, or artificial intelligence, is technology that attempts to simulate human cognitive function. A popular use case right now is ChatGPT, which allows you to conversationally ask questions to a chatbot and get back relevant information because the AI can understand what you’re asking in plain language. Beyond just answering questions, these AIs are capable of writing code, creating detailed plans based on your specifications, summarizing documents, and more.
AI has made its way into the software development space in a number of ways. AI can be baked into applications to improve end user experience by creating personalized recommendations and tailoring experiences to the end user. AI-assisted development tools can complete the piece of code you started writing, or even offer suggestions for how to improve your code. Generative AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT, can be used to ask for specific code snippets to perform a task, can explain what is happening in a piece of code, or can be used to troubleshoot why your code isn’t working as intended.
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Application monitoring company Sentry is making it easier to gain visibility into MCP servers with the launch of a new monitoring tool. With MCP monitoring, developers can understand things like which clients are experiencing errors, which tools are most used, or which tools are running slow. They can also correlate errors with events like traffic … continue reading
Google is enhancing its AI coding agent, Jules, with new functionality that reviews and critiques code while Jules is still working on it. “In a world of rapid iteration, the critic moves the review to earlier in the process and into the act of generation itself. This means the code you review has already been … continue reading
AI company bitHuman has announced a visual SDK for creating avatars for use as chat agents, instructors, virtual coaches, companions, and experts in different fields. According to the company, the SDK allows avatars to be created on Arm-based and x86 systems without a GPU. The avatars have a small footprint and can be run online … continue reading
GitHub’s CEO Thomas Dohmke has announced his plans to leave the company at the end of the year. Dohmke says he will be staying with the company through the end of the year to help with the transition. When he leaves GitHub, he plans to build a new startup. “After all this time, my startup … continue reading
OpenAI is joining the open weight model game with the launch of gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b. Gpt-oss-120b is optimized for production, high reasoning use cases, and gpt-oss-20b is designed for lower latency or local use cases. According to the company, these open models are comparable to its closed models in terms of performance and capability, but … continue reading
Google’s new Opal tool allows users to create mini AI apps with no coding required Google has launched a new experimental AI tool designed for users who want to build apps entirely using AI prompts, with no coding needed at all. Opal allows users to create mini AI apps by chaining together AI prompts, models, and … continue reading
More and more developers are adopting AI, but the trust they have in its outputs is getting worse and worse over the years. This is according to Stack Overflow’s 2025 Developer Survey, which gathered responses from 49,000 developers across 177 countries. This year, 84% of respondents say they are using or plan to use AI … continue reading
Google has launched a new experimental AI tool designed for users who want to build apps entirely using AI prompts, with no coding needed at all. Opal allows users to create mini AI apps by chaining together AI prompts, models, and tools, using natural language and visual editing. “Opal is a great tool to accelerate … continue reading
Google is adding several new features to its cloud-based AI workspace Firebase Studio, following its update a few weeks ago when it added new Agent modes, support for MCP, and integration with the Gemini CLI. Now it is announcing updated workspace templates for Flutter, Angular, React, Next.js, and general Web that use the Agent mode … continue reading
As artificial intelligence becomes an integral part of software development, a fundamental question arises: does AI erode essential engineering skills, or does it pave the way for new capabilities? This tension is especially pronounced with the growing presence of code assistants and agentic AI: these tools increasingly handle routine coding tasks, raising concerns that traditional … continue reading
The role of software developer has historically morphed to keep up with advancements in technology. From basic writing and testing code, to use of open source code, to Agile and DevOps tools and methodologies, to security and cloud, and now to AI and vibe coding, developers have been asked to take on more tasks that … continue reading
Parasoft is helping customers address the unique requirements for testing AI with several new capabilities across its various testing solutions. The company added an agentic AI assistant to its virtual testing simulation solution Virtualize, allowing customers to create virtual services using natural language prompts. For example, a user could write the prompt: “Create a virtual … continue reading
