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After AI Led to Layoffs, Coders Are Being Hired to Fix ‘Vibe-Coded’ Screwups

Now, in an ironic twist, it seems that, having dispensed with more skilled coders for the cheap effectiveness of a ...
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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 ...
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Treasury signals interest in AI coding assistants, chatbots

The front of the U.S. Treasury building on Jan. 3, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J.David Ake/Getty Images) The Department of the Treasury is on the hunt for information on the latest and greatest ...

Google's self-loathing Gemini chatbot admits to being wrong 'every single time' and offers to pay software developer to fix the bad code it wrote

Chatbots are mostly trained on human output, so it's not totally surprising that Google's Gemini hates itself and also thinks ...
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SF tech CEO apologizes after AI bot wipes company’s code base — and lied about it

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The CEO of a San Francisco tech company has apologized after the company’s AI chatbot wiped out a company’s entire code base — and lied about it. Replit CEO Amjad Masad posted ...
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Google asks staff to test new AI chatbot features that can code as it races against ChatGPT

Google is rolling out new coding features to an internal version of its Bard AI chatbot. Staff can ask Bard to generate, fix, and explain code. Some of the features appear to be rolling out publicly, ...