As large language models (LLMs) continue to improve at coding, the benchmarks used to evaluate their performance are steadily becoming less useful. That's because though many LLMs have similar high ...

Minecraft creator Markus Persson has just issued a warning: That AI is “being forced down our throats” and that leaders ...

ServiceNow Inc., Hugging Face Inc. and Nvidia Corp. today released StarCoder2, the latest version of the trio’s StarCoder family of open-source large language models for code generation. The companies ...

Even while modern tools and services make developers more productive, there's still an 'app gap'. It's the gap between the code you have the resources to build and the code that your stakeholders want ...

The generative AI technology powering ChatGPT—OpenAI's GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 LLMs—is available to R users, with a growing collection of packages and apps to choose from. ChatGPT can answer questions about ...

In a recent survey of more than 1100 astronomers, almost half have received little or no software training, despite 90% writing at least some of their own code. Jon Cartwright reports on the latest ...

Microsoft Research today launched Code Hunt, a browser-based game for anyone interested in learning how to code by playing. The premise is straightforward: the player must write code to advance in the ...

A pair of Penn State University grads with a mix of education and tech backgrounds are the owners and operators of Philadelphia’s first Code Ninjas, a STEM-focused bootcamp for kids age 5 to 14. The ...

“Learn to code.” That three-word pejorative is perpetually on the lips and at the fingertips of internet trolls and tech bros whenever media layoffs are announced. A useless sentiment in its own right ...

The best laptops for programming aren't too different from the best laptops overall, but they are a little more focused. Our favorite laptops for programming have great keyboards, big bright displays ...