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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Code.org and Amazon have announced the launch of a new curriculum for grades 8-12 to teach AI coding skills to kids. Code.org is a learning platform for computer science that is used in many schools, and it has been partnering with Amazon on various educational initiatives for a decade. According to Code.org, this new program, … 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. Amazon Q Developer agent gets an update The agent now … continue reading
Organizations are looking to artificial intelligence to enhance their value stream initiatives, according to the fourth annual Value Stream Management survey sponsored by Broadcom and conducted by Dimension Research. According to 90% of respondents, AI can help in the advancement of value stream management, in the areas of improving predictive analytics, automating workflows and processes, … continue reading
JetBrains has announced the launch of its new AI coding agent, Junie. Junie runs within JetBrains IDEs and can take on simple coding tasks or assist on more complex tasks with collaboration from the developer. “Thanks to the power of JetBrains IDEs, coupled with reliable LLMs, Junie already solves tasks that would otherwise require hours … continue reading
Postman is helping make it easier for developers to design, test, and deploy AI agents with the launch of its AI Agent Builder tool. According to the company, the rise of AI agents represents a shift in how software systems are being built and run. “As agents gain traction, we could see a 10X–100X increase … continue reading
Containers have long been a popular way of packaging up and delivering software, but many developers have also begun to explore using containers in more ways than originally intended. In a recent episode of the SD Times podcast, What the Dev, Scott McCarty, senior principal product manager for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, sat down with … continue reading
President Biden today signed an Executive Order to facilitate building the infrastructure needed for AI. Its goal is to enable the country to set up the necessary infrastructure for AI while balancing environmental concerns. “We will not let America be out-built when it comes to the technology that will define the future, nor should we … continue reading
The Biden administration today announced new rules regarding exportation of AI chips to 120 countries, according to reports from the Associated Press (AP). The NY Times clarified that the framework divides countries into three categories: The U.S. and its 18 closest allies (including Britain, Canada, Germany, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan), countries already under a … continue reading
Companies are planning to invest more heavily in AI skills and security governance, risk, and compliance initiatives this upcoming year, according to new research from O’Reilly. The company’s Technology Trends for 2025 report analyzed data from 2.8 million users on its learning platform. The research shows significant increases in interest in various AI skills, including … continue reading
AI has the potential to speed up the software development process, but is it possible that it’s adding additional time to the process when it comes to the long-term maintenance of that code? In a recent episode of the podcast, What the Dev?, we spoke with Tanner Burson, vice president of engineering at Prismatic, to … continue reading
High-quality data is the key to a successful AI project, but it appears that many IT leaders aren’t taking the necessary steps to ensure data quality. This is according to a new report from Hitachi Vantara, the State of Data Infrastructure Survey, which includes responses from 1,200 IT decision makers from 15 countries. The report … continue reading
GitHub has announced a free tier of GitHub Copilot to expand the platform’s reach to more developers. “We couldn’t be more excited to make Copilot available to the 150M developers on GitHub,” Thomas Dohmke, CEO of GitHub, wrote in a post. The free tier provides access to 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages per … continue reading
