Cursor Acquires Graphite to Streamline AI-Powered Development
Cursor, the artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant valued at $29 billion, has acquired code review startup Graphite to address what Cursor CEO Michael Truell describes as a growing bottleneck in software development. The companies declined to disclose financial terms but confirmed the transaction involves a mix of cash and equity. While AI has dramatically accelerated […]
Anthropic Acquires Bun to Accelerate AI Coding Tools
Anthropic says it has acquired Bun, a high-performance JavaScript toolkit, to turbocharge its artificial intelligence (AI) coding capabilities — further underscoring a significant push into developer tooling as it scales Claude Code, its code-generation platform. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Anthropic emphasized that Bun will remain open source and MIT-licensed. The […]
Report: ChatGPT-5 Coding Gains Come at a Higher Cost
A report published this week by Sonar finds the GPT-5 platform released by OpenAI has the potential to generate better code but at significantly higher costs. Based on over 4,400 Java tasks, the report finds that depending on which of the four levels of reasoning capabilities that OpenAI now makes available, the overall quality of […]
Free Tiers and Open Source LLMs – Mana for Developers, Platform Engineers and QA
Development rarely follows one straight path. You sketch ideas, prototype, test, swap tools, iterate, and repeat. The increasing availability of free, limited-use AI tiers and locally run open-source AI LLMs is accelerating that loop. These tiers are not marketing fluff. They are practical on-ramps for developers and engineers. They offer the freedom to test, compare, […]
Cognition AI to Acquire Windsurf After Google Licensing Deal
Cognition AI late Monday emerged as the likely owner of Windsurf, the hotly contested artificial intelligence (AI) coding startup that drew months-long interest from OpenAI before striking a licensing deal with Alphabet Inc.’s Google. Cognition said it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf for an undisclosed sum, capping a whirlwind, stormy few days […]
OpenAI’s $3 Billion Deal to Buy Windsurf Unravels, Google Nabs Company Execs, Licensing Rights
OpenAI’s $3 billion bid to buy artificial intelligence (AI) coding startup Windsurf crumbled late Friday, and rival Alphabet Inc.’s Google quickly picked up the pieces: The search engine giant said it has struck a deal to acquire top Windsurf executives and licensing rights to some Windsurf technology. Google announced the hiring of Windsurf CEO Varun […]
Next Version of Grok Includes Advanced Coding Assistance: Reports
The newest Grok is expected to feature advanced coding assistance, a sign that owner Elon Musk is re-evaluating the chatbot’s strategy after Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI released powerful new models that set higher benchmarks for language model performance. Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) company xAI is skipping Grok 3.5 and moving straight to Grok 4. The […]
OpenAI Acquires Windsurf for $3 Billion
OpenAI is buying artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted coding tool Windsurf, formerly known as Codeium, for about $3 billion in its largest acquisition to date. The long-rumored deal, reported by Bloomberg News on Monday, should significantly boost ChatGPT’s coding functionality as well as put OpenAI in position to more effectively compete in the fledgling market for AI-powered […]
OpenAI’s CodexCLI: Transforming DevOps Through AI-Powered Terminal Integration
OpenAI’s new CodexCLI brings AI directly to your terminal, enabling DevOps teams to automate coding tasks and streamline workflows with natural language.
OpenAI in Talks to Buy Windsurf for $3 Billion: Report
OpenAI is in talks to acquire Windsurf for about $3 billion, a move that would put it in competition with AI coding assistant providers.
AWS AI Agent for Software Development Takes on More Complex Tasks
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has released an update to its Amazon Q Developer agent for software development that benchmark tests show can resolve 51% more tasks.
2024 Infrastructure Tech Predictions
From the death of the modern data stack sprawl to the birth of generative AI, 2024 represents the beginning of a new era in infrastructure tech.
Digital.ai Update Extends Scope and Reach of DevSecOps Platform
A Denali update to Digital.ai’s DevSecOps platform promises to simplify integration of custom AI models with those developed by the company.
Overture Maps’ Challenge to Google ¦ Frontier Model Forum’s AI Safety Shtick
In this week’s #TheLongView: A big-tech consortium goes toe-to-toe with Google Maps, and a big-tech consortium tries to fool AI regulators.
AI ‘is Getting Worse’ ¦ AI ‘Will Lose India Jobs’ (Probably Isn’t ¦ Probably Won’t)
In this week’s #TheLongView, a conundrum: On the one hand, researchers say ChatGPT is losing the plot; and on the other, outsourced coding jobs in India will be replaced by AI.
Integral Makes Generative AI Code Review Tool Open Source
Integral this week launched an open source Robin AI project that leverages OpenAI’s generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) platform to review code changes and provide constructive feedback.
OpenAI to go Open Source — Elon Musk was a ‘Huge Idiot’ ¦ Mojo Risin’
In this week’s #TheLongView: Sources say it’s an open source future for OpenAI, and improving AI perf with Mojo.
Can ChatGPT Fix Bugs? ‘Wolverine’ Dev Says YES
In this week’s #TheLongView: Instead of AI aids for programming, what about for debugging? The pseudonymous “BioBootloader” says he’s persuaded GPT-4 to make his code self heal.
Microsoft Power Platform Integrates ChatGPT: What This Means
Microsoft recently announced it integrated ChatGPT into its low-code Power Platform developer suite. This follows the news of ChatGPT-powered Bing search and Microsoft’s pledge to invest billions into its partner company, OpenAI. ChatGPT, the large language model (LLM), has reached viral status due to its ability to generate impressively complex textual outputs given simple prompts. And […]
OpenAI Hires 1,000 Low Wage Coders to Retrain Copilot ¦ Netflix Blocks Password Sharing
In this week’s #TheLongView: ChatGPT darling OpenAI wants people to write code in English, and the unintended consequences of blocking shared accounts.