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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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OpenAI wants to simplify how developers build AI agents
OpenAI is releasing a set of tools and APIs designed to simplify agentic AI development, the company has revealed. While the company has already added new capabilities to support agentic workflows, OpenAI said customers have found it challenging to use these capabilities in production, owing to extensive prompt iteration and custom orchestration logic. The firm’s new ‘Responses API’ aims to…
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Java developers are facing serious productivity issues: Staff turnover, lengthy redeploy times, and a lack of resources are hampering efficiency – but firms are banking on AI tools to plug the gaps
Java developers are encountering significant productivity barriers, according to new research, prompting businesses to take drastic measures to boost efficiency. Perforce Software’s 2025 Java Developer Productivity report revealed barriers to Java developer productivity can take on many forms, but the most significant issue hurting their ability to work effectively was insufficient documentation (41%). Lacking robust documentation means devs have to…
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‘We’re trading deep understanding for quick fixes’: Junior software developers lack coding skills because of an overreliance on AI tools – and it could spell trouble for the future of development
Junior software developers may have become too reliant on AI tools and it’s undermining core coding skills, according to claims by tech blogger and programmer Namanyay Goel. In a blog post that’s sparked intense discussion in the industry, Goel wrote that he’s been troubled by the behavior of new developers he’s spoken to who are using some sort of AI…
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Turns out AI isn’t that popular at work – just 4% of workers use the technology in the majority of daily tasks, but developers are among the top early adopters
Just 4% of workers are using AI tools in the majority of their daily tasks – but some key professions are flocking to the technology, according to new research from Anthropic. Researchers at the AI company examined how its Claude model is being used, leveraging the data to help launch its own Economic Index that tracks the impact of AI…
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GitHub’s new ‘Agent Mode’ feature lets AI take the reins for developers
GitHub has launched a new agentic AI tool for developers, dubbed ‘Agent Mode’, alongside a raft of updates to the Copilot service. Agent Mode enables Copilot to iterate on its own outputs and complete entire user requests in one go, thereby automating broader aspects of the development process. It can also automatically fix errors, suggest terminal commands, and assess run-time…
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The world’s ‘first AI software engineer’ isn’t living up to expectations: Cognition AI’s ‘Devin’ assistant was touted as a game changer for developers, but so far it’s fumbling tasks and struggling to compete with human workers
Devin, a coding assistant hailed as the world’s ‘first AI software engineer’, was given 20 coding tasks – it managed to complete just three, taking longer than expected and going down strange routes to achieve its goals. The AI coding tool, developed by Cognition AI, was hailed as a transformative solution to help streamline software development when it was unveiled…
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Developers can’t get a handle on application security risks
Application development infrastructure is full of significant security risks, with research by Legit Security finding high or critical risks in the developer environments of every company it examined. The security company’s report into the state of application risk found flaws in applications but also the “software factories” that make them. The report is based on data from its own platform,…
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Celeste developers cancel follow-up game Earthblade
Earthblade, the next game from the developers of Celeste, has been canceled. The fantasy-inspired game got its first trailer in late 2022, and the game would have let you explore a “free-roaming, dynamically-loading map,” Extremely OK Games’ Maddy Thorson said at the time. But the team decided to cancel the game in December after a team conflict and because of…
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Shadow AI is creeping its way into software development – more than half of developers admit to using unauthorized AI tools at work, and it’s putting companies at risk
With software developers increasingly flocking to AI tools to support daily activities, new research suggests a concerning portion are using unauthorized solutions. Findings from Harness’ State of Software Delivery Report show that more than half (52%) of developers don’t use IT-approved tools, raising significant compliance and intellectual property concerns. “Perhaps the most alarming observation was around the use of company-approved…
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