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OpenAI’s desktop superapp: The end of ChatGPT as we know it?

A product consolidation raises bigger questions about where OpenAI is really headed.

By Gyana Swain

Mar 20, 20265 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment ToolsSoftware Development

Red Hat Developer Hub adds AI templates

Internal developer portal for platform engineering teams provides five templates for building AI-enabled audio-to-text, chatbot, code generation, object detection, and retrieval-augmented generation applications.

By Paul Krill

Nov 12, 2024 2 mins

Generative AI Red Hat Software Development

Snowflake bares its agentic AI plans by showcasing its Intelligence platform

Snowflake Intelligence will provide an interface to design ‘data agents’ to help generate insights from enterprise data and take action.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Nov 12, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence No Code and Low Code

Java proposals would boost resistance to quantum computing attacks

OpenJDK proposals would provide Java implementations of a quantum-resistant module-latticed-based digital signature algorithm and key encapsulation mechanism.

By Paul Krill

Nov 8, 2024 2 mins

Application Security Data and Information Security Java

AI accelerating API development, IBM says

Generative AI is helping API teams complete projects faster, while APIs also are fueling the use of AI, company official says.

By Paul Krill

Nov 7, 2024 2 mins

APIs Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

.NET vector data abstractions library now available in preview

The abstractions library allows developers and library authors to perform CRUD operations and searches on vector stores.

By Paul Krill

Nov 6, 2024 1 min

Generative AI Microsoft .NET Software Development

‘Package confusion’ attack against NPM used to trick developers into downloading malware

Attackers gunning for supply chains again, deploying innovative blockchain technique to hide command & control.

By John E. Dunn

Nov 6, 2024 4 mins

Open Source Security Vulnerabilities

WSO2 API managers manage AI APIs

WSO2 API Manager and WSO2 API Platform for Kubernetes now allow developers to manage AI services as APIs, with support for OpenAI, Mistral A,I and Microsoft Azure OpenAI.

By Paul Krill

Nov 5, 2024 3 mins

APIs Devops Generative AI

Meta offers Llama AI to US government for national security

US government agencies and private sector partners can now use the Llama model, but many other restrictions on its use remain.

By Prasanth Aby Thomas

Nov 5, 2024 1 min

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Open Source

Visual Studio Code previews AI-powered code editing

Powered by GitHub Copilot, Copilot Edits proposes code changes across multiple files in a workspace based on the user’s prompts.

By Paul Krill

Nov 4, 2024 3 mins

Development Tools Software Development

Google releases differential privacy software for JVM

PipelineDP4j, an ‘out-of-the-box’ solution for analyzing data sets in Apache Beam and Apache Spark in a privacy-preserving way, is intended to be usable by all developers.

By Paul Krill

Nov 1, 2024 2 mins

Analytics Java Privacy

Grounding with Google Search available in Google AI Studio, Gemini API

By using Google’s search results to ground generative AI applications, developers can provide users with more accurate, relevant, and trustworthy information, the company said.

By Paul Krill

Oct 31, 2024 2 mins

APIs Development Tools Google Cloud Platform

Is now the right time to invest in implementing agentic AI?

While vendors say their current agentic AI-based offerings are easy to implement, analysts say that’s far from the truth.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Oct 31, 2024 1 min

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

Google’s Flutter framework has been forked

Dubbed 'Flutter, by the community for the community,' Flock seeks to expand the Flutter labor pool and accelerate development.

By Paul Krill

Oct 30, 2024 2 mins

Software Development

Wasmer WebAssembly platform now backs iOS

Wasmer 5.0 release also features improved performance, a leaner codebase, and discontinued support for the Emscripten toolchain.

By Paul Krill

Oct 30, 2024 2 mins

Mobile Development Software Development Web Development

Amazon rolls out a genAI-powered inline chat function for Amazon Q Developer

Analysts generally agreed that they like the new capabilities, but also raised questions about complexity.

By Evan Schuman

Oct 30, 2024 6 mins

Development Tools Generative AI

Python has overtaken JavaScript on GitHub

Python has become the most popular programming language on GitHub, while the use of Jupyter Notebooks has also soared, according to GitHub’s Octoverse 2024 report.

By Paul Krill

Oct 30, 2024 2 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Python

What Entrust certificate distrust means for developers

Secure communications between web browsers and web servers depend on digital certificates backed by certificate authorities. What if the web browsers stop trusting your CA?

By Travis Van

Oct 30, 2024 9 mins

Application Security Browser Security Web Development

JetBrains updates Kotlin roadmap

Key priorities include more efficient data handling, increased abstraction, and enhanced performance for the Kotlin language and faster code completion in the K2-based IntelliJ IDEA plugin.

By Paul Krill

Oct 29, 2024 2 mins

Kotlin Programming Languages Software Development

GitHub Copilot expands AI model support

GitHub has extended Copilot’s model support to new Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI models and introduced GitHub Spark, an AI-driven tool for building web apps using natural language.

By Paul Krill

Oct 29, 2024 3 mins

Development Tools Generative AI Version Control Systems

Tabnine previews AI code review agent

Tabnine AI agent is designed to enforce a development team’s best practices and standards throughout the software development process, using natural language rules.

By Paul Krill

Oct 29, 2024 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI

OSI unveils Open Source AI Definition 1.0

The Open Source AI Definition will provide a reference for determining whether an AI system is truly open source AI, OSI said.

By Lynn Greiner

Oct 28, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Open Source

Google expands Responsible GenAI Toolkit

New capabilities for building safe models include watermarking, prompt refining, and prompt debugging and work with any large language models.

By Paul Krill

Oct 25, 2024 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Libraries and Frameworks

Hugging Face pitches HUGS as an alternative to Nvidia’s NIM for open models

The difference in pricing suggests cost savings for enterprises, at least for usage of open models.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Oct 25, 2024 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Kubernetes and Containers

JetBrains offers free use of WebStorm and Rider IDEs

New licenses make JetBrains’ JavaScript/TypeScript and .NET/game development environments free to use for open-source projects and other non-commercial purposes.

By Paul Krill

Oct 24, 2024 2 mins

JavaScript Microsoft .NET TypeScript

Next.js 15 arrives with faster bundler

High-performance Rust-based Turbopack bundler moves from beta to stable with the latest update of the React-based web framework.

By Paul Krill

Oct 24, 2024 2 mins

JavaScript TypeScript Web Development

Syncfusion open-sources UI controls for .NET MAUI

The open source Syncfusion Toolkit for .NET MAUI includes multi-platform controls for charting, navigation, effects, and more.

By Paul Krill

Oct 23, 2024 1 min

Development Tools Microsoft .NET Open Source

How developers can automate ‘computer use’ with Anthropic’s new LLM

Anthropic’s has upgraded its Claude 3.5 Sonnet LLM with a new ability, computer use, opening up new opportunities for developers in robotic process automation (RPA) and more.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Oct 23, 2024 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Developers embracing API-first development, survey says

74% of developers now prioritize API design when building applications, according to Postman’s 2024 State of the API Report

By Paul Krill

Oct 22, 2024 2 mins

APIs Software Development

Java proposal would shrink JDK by 25%

Plan would reduce the size of the JDK by enabling the jlink tool to create custom run-time images without using the JDK’s JMOD files.

By Paul Krill

Oct 22, 2024 2 mins

Cloud Computing Java Programming Languages

Musk’s xAI unveils a new API service for Grok models

The API service, currently in public beta, is more expensive than OpenAI’s API service and supports integrations with both OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Oct 22, 2024 4 mins

APIs Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

Rust 1.82 brings Cargo info subcommand

Language update adds info subcommand to Cargo that provides detailed information about packages in the Cargo registry.

By Paul Krill

Oct 21, 2024 3 mins

Programming Languages Rust Software Development

IBM works to address the developer skills gap with AI

The watsonx Code Assistant uses the newly announced Granite 3.0 models to provide general-purpose coding assistance across multiple programming languages.

By Lynn Greiner

Oct 21, 2024 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Open source package entry points could be used for command jacking

Threat actors could use these supply chain attacks to compromise applications, says Checkmarx.

By Howard Solomon

Oct 14, 2024 1 min

Open Source Security Vulnerabilities

Ktor 3.0 switches to kotlinx.io library

The Kotlin-based framework also backs server-sent events and adds WebAssembly as a build target for the Ktor client.

By Paul Krill

Oct 11, 2024 2 mins

Kotlin Programming Languages Software Development

Embedded developers face mounting pressure on security

A recent survey by BlackBerry Limited finds tensions between innovation, project deadlines, and functional safety.

By Paul Krill

Oct 11, 2024 2 mins

Application Security Engineer Software Development

Microsoft previews AI ‘building blocks’ for .NET

Packages provide .NET developers with essential abstractions for integrating AI services into .NET apps and libraries, plus middleware for adding key capabilities.

By Paul Krill

Oct 10, 2024 2 mins

Generative AI Libraries and Frameworks Microsoft .NET

Deno 2.0 arrives, ready to battle Node.js

Major update to the Deno runtime for JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly is backward compatible with Node.js and stabilizes the standard library.

By Paul Krill

Oct 9, 2024 3 mins

JavaScript TypeScript Web Development

Gemini Code Assist Enterprise woos enterprise developers

With enhanced security commitments and Google Cloud services integration, Google Cloud's expanded AI-powered coding assistance tool competes with GitHub Copilot Enterprise.

By Paul Krill

Oct 9, 2024 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI

Julia language adds lower-overhead Memory type

Dynamic language built for fast numerical computing introduces lower-level alternative to Array that delivers significant speedups and more maintainable code.

By Paul Krill

Oct 8, 2024 3 mins

Data Science Programming Languages Software Development

Databricks says with its new Databricks Apps platform, you can build tailored enterprise apps in 5 minutes

Data infrastructure company Databricks says its new platform helps users create secure, tailored, enterprise-specific apps in just minutes.

By Taryn Plumb

Oct 8, 2024 5 mins

Development Tools Software Development

SAP Build gains AI capabilities to help build autonomous agents

By year-end, Joule Studio in SAP Build will offer a dedicated environment for developers to create and manage custom skills for the AI copilot.

By Lynn Greiner

Oct 8, 2024 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Oracle touts ‘tip and tail’ release model for Java library development

Proposed release model for Java software libraries would give application developers a better experience while helping library developers innovate faster, Oracle says.

By Paul Krill

Oct 7, 2024 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

Rust resumes rise in popularity

Fast and memory-safe programming language returns to 13th ranking in Tiobe index of programming language popularity, remains in 10th in Pypl index.

By Paul Krill

Oct 7, 2024 3 mins

Programming Languages Python Rust

Node.js previews network inspection support

Update to the LTS release of the JavaScript runtime introduces initial support for network inspection as an experimental feature.

By Paul Krill

Oct 4, 2024 1 min

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Software Development

Google ships Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B AI model

Smaller and faster variant of 1.5 Flash features half the price, twice the rate limits, and lower latency on small prompts compared to its forerunner.

By Paul Krill

Oct 4, 2024 2 mins

APIs Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

Visual Studio Code 1.94 improves file searchtests with coverage

September 2024 release of Microsoft’s code editor also introduces the ability to run Python tests with coverage.

By Paul Krill

Oct 3, 2024 3 mins

Development Tools Software Development

SingleStore acquires BryteFlow to boost data ingestion capabilities

SingleStore will integrate BryteFlow’s capabilties inside its database offering via a no-code interface named SingleConnect.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Oct 3, 2024 4 mins

Data Integration Database Administration Databases

OpenAI updates API with model distillation, prompt caching abilities

The updates could help OpenAI compete better with rivals such as Anthropic, Google, and AWS which already offer similar capabilities.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Oct 3, 2024 4 mins

APIs Generative AI

OpenAI previews Realtime API for speech-to-speech apps

Realtime API supports multi-model text and speech experiences including natural speech-to-speech conversations using preset voices already supported in the API.

By Paul Krill

Oct 2, 2024 3 mins

APIs Development Tools Generative AI

Microsoft releases official OpenAI library for .NET

OpenAI library for .NET provides full OpenAI REST API support and full support for OpenAI flagship models including GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini, o1-preview, and o1-mini.

By Paul Krill

Oct 2, 2024 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Microsoft .NET