VS Code update treats Copilot as “out-of-the-box” feature

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Microsoft has updated Visual Studio Code (VS Code) to version 1.97, in which the company said that GitHub Copilot is now treated as an...

Stack Exchange dabbles with AI answers – despite Stack Overflow banning them in 2022

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Stack Exchange is experimenting with AI-generated answers, despite a ban on using AI-generated content on Stack Overflow, the section of the site aimed at...

Podman adds OCI artifact support, and Podman Desktop 1.16 lands with experimental features

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The RedHat-sponsored Podman and Podman Desktop projects are evolving rapidly, with new and recent features including OCI (Open Container Initiative) artifact support in Podman,...

Perforce previews AI validation for Perfecto, edges toward “fully autonomous testing”

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Perforce has previewed AI-based testing in its Perfecto user interface (UI) testing platform. Testers use plain language prompts to define tests, and the company...

JetBrains debuts agentic AI coding with ‘Junie’, but reviews for existing AI Assistant are poor

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JetBrains has introduced a new AI coding agent called Junie, now in private preview for Mac and Linux only, a move towards agentic AI...

Coding help on StackOverflow dives as AI assistants rise

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StackOverflow, once the favoured destination of developers in search of coding help, is suffering from declining activity, with new questions tumbling 75 percent since...

Next.js backlash? ‘Like using a sledgehammer to hang a picture frame’ says disillusioned dev team

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A development team migrated from Next.js to pure React after hitting slow build times, failures with the recent Next.js 15, and other issues, winning...

GitHub debuts limited Copilot free tier in a crowded market

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GitHub has introduced a free tier for its AI coding assistant, with options for Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet or OpenAI GPT-4o as the model....

OpenAI releases API o1 model, with function calling and vision features, previews new SDKs for Java and Go

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OpenAI has released its o1 model, claiming big improvements over the existing o1-preview (released in September this year), as well as introducing new SDKs...

AWS enhances Q Developer: Test and review code, upgrade to modern .NET, migrate mainframe applications

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At AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, the cloud concern introduced a bunch of features for Q Developer, its AI coding assistant – they include...

JetBrains releases IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3 and other IDEs, still struggles to convince devs of benefits of new UI 

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JetBrains has released IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, its IDE for Java and Kotlin, along with updated versions of other IDEs in the same family, including...

Amazon Q Developer is not just for coding and not just for AWS, claims cloud giant

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Interview: "The coding aspect is just one small piece of the puzzle. There is the designing, coding, deployment, maintenance of the software and then...

GitHub Universe: Anthropic and Google models come to Copilot, Python ascendant, and a new take on citizen development

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At GitHub's Universe event, the Microsoft-owned org talked of AI and little else – Copilot is no longer restricted to models from OpenAI, and...

StackBlitz Bolt.new blurs boundaries between web development and skilled use of AI prompts

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An open source development environment called Bolt.new, currently in beta, combines AI and Web Containers, running Node.js inside the browser, with documentation that stresses...

Microsoft previews unified .NET API for AI, and delivers .NET 9 Release Candidate with go-live license

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Microsoft has previewed an AI extension library which it hopes will form a unified API for AI programming in C#, and has published a...

OpenAI previews major update to ChatGPT visual interface for writing and coding

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OpenAI has introduced an early beta of Canvas, a new interface for working with ChatGPT on writing and coding projects, including a separate window...

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