AI Coding Assistants

Today's Stories

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   Xiaomi launches free AI coding assistant that runs entirely on your computer

   Chinese tech giant Xiaomi released MiMo Code on June 10, an AI coding assistant that works in your computer's terminal without sending code to external servers. The company claims their tool outperforms Anthropic's Claude Code on complex programming tasks that require over 200 steps, based on a survey of 576 developers. Users can install it with a single command and it works with Xiaomi's AI model that can process a million tokens (roughly 750,000 words) of context.

   Programmers can now use a powerful AI coding assistant without worrying about their code being sent to outside companies, addressing privacy concerns in software development.

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   OpenAI engineer behind AI coding boom now reshaping ChatGPT

   Thibault Sottiaux, the OpenAI engineer who helped make AI coding one of the company's fastest-growing revenue streams, is now leading a comprehensive overhaul of ChatGPT. His work on OpenAI's coding tools like Codex helped establish AI programming assistance as a major business, and he's now applying that expertise to transform the main ChatGPT experience.

   ChatGPT users can expect significant changes to how the AI assistant works, potentially making it more helpful for both technical and everyday tasks.

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   Linux developers use AI to revive old AMD graphics cards

   Software developers are using GitHub Copilot (an AI coding assistant) to clean up and modernize graphics drivers for AMD's HD 2000 through HD 6000 series cards, which are over a decade old. The AI helps developers update the R600 driver code, giving these vintage graphics cards better performance and compatibility with modern Linux systems.

   People with older AMD graphics cards may see improved performance and fewer crashes on Linux computers, extending the useful life of hardware they already own.

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   Developer creates tool to verify when AI actually wrote code

   A software developer launched a project called "Co-Authored-By Is a Lie" that uses cryptographic methods to prove whether AI coding assistants actually contributed to software projects. The tool addresses concerns that developers might falsely claim AI assistance or that AI contributions might not be properly tracked in code repositories.

   Software teams will have better ways to track and verify AI contributions to their projects, which could be important for licensing and intellectual property decisions.

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   Marketing AI company Okara processes 4 billion AI requests daily

   Okara, an AI marketing service that acts like a chief marketing officer for businesses, processes 4 billion AI tokens daily while managing marketing campaigns for over 120,000 companies. The four-person startup uses specialized AI agents to handle SEO, social media, and content creation automatically, running entirely on Vercel's cloud platform.

   Small businesses can now access sophisticated marketing automation that previously required expensive agencies, potentially leveling the playing field with larger competitors.