For open-source programs, AI coding tools are a mixed blessing

AI coding tools have enabled a flood of bad code that threatens to overwhelm many projects. Building new features is easier ...
Geeky Gadgets

Melty open source AI code editor

Melty features an impressive array of features designed to simplify complex coding tasks and boost efficiency. With its seamless integration with popular tools like GitHub, Melty enables developers to ...
TechCrunch

DeepSeek to open source parts of online services code

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek plans to open source portions of its online services’ code as part of an “open source week” event next week. DeepSeek will open source five code repositories that have been ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft open-sources VS Code Copilot Chat extension on GitHub

Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license. This provides the community access to the full implementation of the chat-based coding ...
SiliconANGLE

Sonar expands SonarQube with advanced security for third-party open-source code

Code quality testing startup SonarSource SA today announced the upcoming release of SonarQube Advanced Security, a new offering that will extend the company’s analysis capabilities beyond first-party ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code Goes Transparent as Open-Source AI Editor

According to Microsoft, the decision to open source GitHub Copilot Chat stems from a growing demand for transparency in how AI-assisted developer tools work -- particularly around prompt engineering, ...
ZDNet

How AI coding agents could destroy open source software

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to use Google's Jules AI Agent to scan through the entire code repository of one of my projects and add a new feature. The AI took about 10 minutes. All ...