Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning explained

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.

Read the articles below for more information on what you need to know about AI.

Report: AI coding productivity gains cancelled out by other friction points that slow developers down

AI adoption is saving developers a significant amount of time, but several friction points still exist throughout the software development life cycle that developers are still losing time to. According to Atlassian’s 2025 State of Developer Experience report, 99% of developers are saving time by using AI, and 68% save at least 10 hours a … continue reading

Coder reimagines development environments to make them more ideal for AI agents

Coder is announcing the launch of its AI cloud development environments (CDEs), bringing together IDEs, dynamic policy governance, and agent orchestration into a single platform.  According to Coder, current development infrastructure was built for humans, not agents, and agents have different requirements to be successful. “Agents need secure environments, granular permissions, fast boot times, and … continue reading

Anthropic proposes transparency framework for frontier AI development

Anthropic is calling for the creation of an AI transparency framework that can be applied to large AI developers to ensure accountability and safety.  “As models advance, we have an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate scientific discovery, healthcare, and economic growth. Without safe and responsible development, a single catastrophic failure could halt progress for decades. Our … continue reading

Last week in AI dev tools: Cloudflare blocking AI crawlers by default, Perplexity Max subscription, and more (July 7, 2025)

Cloudflare now blocks AI crawlers by default, introduces pay per crawl model Last year, Cloudflare introduced a setting that allowed website owners to block AI crawlers. Now, the company is announcing that this setting will now be the default rather than a user needing to switch it on.  The company explained that by switching to … continue reading

The AI productivity paradox in software engineering: Balancing efficiency and human skill retention

Generative AI is transforming software development at an unprecedented pace. From code generation to test automation, the promise of faster delivery and reduced costs has captivated organizations. However, this rapid integration introduces new complexities. Reports increasingly show that while task-level productivity may improve, systemic performance often suffers. This article synthesizes perspectives from cognitive science, software … continue reading

Gartner: More than 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled in the next few years

Gartner recently revealed a new report where it predicted that by the end of 2027, over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled. Factors contributing to this decline include escalating costs, unclear business value, and inadequate risk controls. According to the analyst firm, one trend it is seeing is that vendors are hyping up … continue reading

June 2025: All AI updates from the past month

Google’s Agent2Agent protocol finds new home at the Linux Foundation At the Open Source Summit North America, it was announced that Google donated its Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol to the Linux Foundation. The A2A protocol offers a standard way for connecting agents to each other. In this way, it complements Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), which … continue reading

This week in AI dev tools: A2A donated to Linux Foundation, OpenAI adds Deep Research to API, and more (June 27, 2025)

Google’s Agent2Agent protocol finds new home at the Linux Foundation At the Open Source Summit North America, it was announced that Google donated its Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol to the Linux Foundation. The A2A protocol offers a standard way for connecting agents to each other. In this way, it complements Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), which … continue reading

Qodo launches CLI agent framework

Qodo, maker of an AI coding platform, today announced the release of Qodo Gen CLI, an agent framework that enables developers to create, customize, and deploy their own AI coding agents. With the framework, creating agents can be done by writing configuration files that add autonomous AI agents throughout the software development life cycle, according … continue reading

Warp 2.0 evolves terminal experience into an Agentic Development Environment

Warp is undergoing a significant transformation with its 2.0 launch, shifting from its origins as a terminal emulator with AI integrations into an Agentic Development Environment (ADE).  “The products on the market today, from AI IDEs to CLI coding agents, all miss the mark supporting this workflow. They bolt agents onto code editors through chat … continue reading

How AI further empowers value stream management

At Broadcom’s recent Spark VSM Summit, the theme was “VSM evolution meets AI revolution.” After the event, SD Times sat down with Broadcom’s Jean Louis Vignaud, the head of ValueOps at the company, to discuss the AI revolution and its connection to value stream management. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. DR: … continue reading

Agent Mode for Gemini added to Android Studio

The Android development team has announced the addition of Agent Mode for Gemini in Android Studio.  With Agent Mode, a developer can describe a complex goal, then the agent will come up with an execution plan and then complete the tasks.  Examples of tasks Agent Mode can tackle include building a project and fixing errors, … continue reading

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