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OpenAI is closing in on its biggest acquisition to date – and it could be a game changer for software developers and ‘vibe coding’ fanatics
OpenAI has reportedly purchased AI startup Windsurf for $3 billion after weeks of speculation over a looming acquisition. In April, reports suggested OpenAI was in talks with the AI coding tool developer on a $3bn deal, which would mark the company’s largest acquisition to date. Reports from Bloomberg suggest the deal has been agreed but not fully closed, hence the…
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RSAC Conference Day One: Vibe Is ‘All In’ on AI for Security
Artificial intelligence dominated as an opening day theme of the RSAC Conference, commanding attention from established security vendors and startups alike. “AI [has] changed everything,” Hugh Thompson, the conference’s executive chairman, said in opening remarks for the annual security event. “The way that attackers operate is changing dramatically – the pervasive use of AI, the rapid adoption of AI, the…
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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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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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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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