ZDNet

How I test an AI chatbot's coding ability - and you can, too

Since ChatGPT and generative artificial intelligence (AI) hit the public consciousness in 2022, I've been exploring how well AI chatbots can write code. At first, the technology was a novelty, akin to ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft’s Dev Proxy puts APIs to the test

Building distributed apps requires specialized tools. Microsoft delivers with an API simulator that supports complex mocks ...
NPR

Tech CEOs say the era of 'code by AI' is here. Some software engineers are skeptical

Tech CEOs are making ambitious claims about AI's coding capabilities. In March, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said "we'll be there in three to six months — where AI is writing 90% of the code." Meta's ...
ZDNet

I asked ChatGPT to write a WordPress plugin I needed. It did it in less than 5 minutes

Not to put too fine a point on it but I'm more than a little freaked out. As an experiment, I asked ChatGPT to write a plugin that could save my wife some time with managing her website. I wrote a ...
Computerworld

Just how good is AI-assisted code generation?

While the use of genAI tools for software development tools is soaring, flying under the radar are issues with code quality, security, and reuse. Generative AI-assisted coding allows developers to ...
Ars Technica

AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead

On Saturday, a developer using Cursor AI for a racing game project hit an unexpected roadblock when the programming assistant abruptly refused to continue generating code, instead offering some ...
The Conversation

What is vibe coding? A computer scientist explains what it means to have AI write computer code − and what risks that can entail

Chetan Jaiswal does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
InfoWorld

Build an authentication handler for a minimal API in ASP.NET Core

ASP.NET Core offers a simplified hosting model, called minimal APIs, that allows us to build lightweight APIs with minimal dependencies. However, “minimal” doesn’t mean minimal security. Minimal APIs ...
Business Insider

Google has a secret new project that is teaching artificial intelligence to write and fix code. It could reduce the need for human engineers in the future.

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Ars Technica

OpenAI invites everyone to test ChatGPT, a new AI-powered chatbot—with amusing results

On Wednesday, OpenAI announced ChatGPT, a dialogue-based AI chat interface for its GPT-3 family of large language models. It’s currently free to use with an OpenAI account during a testing phase.
The New York Times

‘No-Code’ Brings the Power of A.I. to the Masses

A growing number of new products allow anyone to apply artificial intelligence without having to write a line of computer code. Proponents believe the “no-code” movement will change the world. By ...