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Want to supercharge your vibe coding skills? Here are the best AI models developers can use to generate secure code
Vibe coding has become the latest big trend in software development, with devs ramping up the use of AI tools to automate code generation. But new research shows this can yield decidedly insecure code, raising questions over what the best options are for developers jumping on the bandwagon. Application security firm Backslash Security tested seven current versions of OpenAI’s GPT,…
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Slopsquatting & Vibe Coding Can Increase Risk of AI-Powered Attacks
Security researchers and developers are raising alarms over “slopsquatting,” a new form of supply chain attack that leverages AI-generated misinformation commonly known as hallucinations. As developers increasingly rely on coding tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and DeepSeek, attackers are exploiting AI’s tendency to invent software packages, tricking users into downloading malicious content. What is slopsquatting? The term slopsquatting was originally…
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Hackers are duping developers with malware-laden coding challenges
A North Korean state-sponsored hacker group has been targeting crypto developers through coding challenges as part of a fake recruitment process. Posing as recruiters on LinkedIn, the Slow Pisces group asks developers to participate in compromised Python and JavaScript projects, infecting their systems using custom malware and leveraging GitHub repositories. Analysis from Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence wing,…
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OpenAI GPT-4.1 models promise improved coding and instruction following
“GPT‑4.1 mini is a significant leap in small model performance, even beating GPT‑4o in many benchmarks. It matches or exceeds GPT‑4o in intelligence evals while reducing latency by nearly half and reducing cost by 83%,” the announcement said. “For tasks that demand low latency, GPT‑4.1 nano is our fastest and cheapest model available. It delivers exceptional performance at a small…
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OpenAI wants developers using its new GPT-4.1 models – but how do they compare to Claude and Gemini on coding tasks?
OpenAI has unveiled a new family of AI models intended for developers, which it claims offers sizable improvements for coding and understanding complex prompts. GPT-4.1 is a multi-modal model specifically designed to be more helpful in a professional context, with support for much longer context windows and better contextual processing – useful for handling large documents such as PDFs or…
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Google takes on Cursor with Firebase Studio, its AI builder for vibe coding
Google has quietly launched Firebase Studio, which is a cloud-based AI-powered integrated development environment that lets you build full-fledged apps using prompts. Google’s Firebase Studio comes at an interesting time when Cursor AI is storming the “vibe coding” trend. Cursor AI, reportedly valued at $10 billion, is an AI-powered integrated development environment that integrates AI features directly into the coding…
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AI was a harbinger of doom for low-code solutions, but peaceful coexistence is possible – developers still love the time savings and simplicity despite the allure of popular AI coding tools
With AI coding tools gaining significant traction in recent years, some tech leaders worried the technology spelled doom for low-code and no-code solutions – if anything it’s been quite the opposite. In a survey from App Builder, 84% of tech leaders said they don’t believe the technology will replace these tools. In fact, adoption has been steadily rising in recent…
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Sourcetable, a startup behind a ‘self-driving spreadsheet’ tool, wants to replicate the ‘vibe coding’ trend for data analysts
Sourcetable, a startup developing what it’s dubbed the world’s first ‘self-driving spreadsheet’, has raised $4.3 million in funding to transform data analysis. The seed funding round was led by Bee Partners, with participation from a host of leading industry figures including Hugging Face co-founder Julien Chaumond. Sourcetable’s autonomous spreadsheet uses AI to streamline and simplify data analysis activities for users.…
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Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro is Better at Coding, Math & Science Than Your Favourite AI Model
Google has unveiled Gemini 2.5 Pro, the first in its Gemini 2.5 family. This multimodal reasoning model outperforms competitors from OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek in key benchmarks related to coding, mathematics, and science. What are reasoning AI models? Reasoning AIs are designed to “think before they speak.” They evaluate context, process details methodically, and fact-check responses to ensure logical accuracy…
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SAP rolls out ‘Joule for Developers’ AI coding assistant
SAP has announced ‘Joule for Developers’, its new an AI coding tool for programmers and developers aimed at driving staff efficiencies and freeing up time for tasks that AI cannot complete. The capabilities will be available in the SAP Business Suite, more specifically SAP Build Process Automation and SAP Buil Apps. Joule for Developers will bolster previously announced capabilities in…
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