Monday, July 12, 2021

GitHub and OpenAI launch an AI Copilot tool that generates its own code

Impressive! This could be a game changer! This code completion beyond variable names etc. could be a game changer in software development in more than one way! Underlying is the very large GPT-3 model of OpenAI!

Github is owned by Microsoft since 2018 and Microsoft has invested heavily in OpenAI. This is a very interesting partnership!

"... This project is the first major result of Microsoft’s $1 billion investment into OpenAI, the research firm now led by Y Combinator president Sam Altman. Since Altman took the reins, OpenAI has pivoted from a nonprofit status to a “capped-profit” model, took on the Microsoft investment, and started licensing its GPT-3 text-generation algorithm. ..."

GitHub and OpenAI launch an AI Copilot tool that generates its own code - The Verge

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