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US firm Cognition has released Devin AI, an artificial intelligence program that modifies the way code is written, debugged, and deployed. It is the first of its type and can transform a straightforward command into a working website or software application. The AI helper has finished actual assignments on Upwork, a freelance marketplace, and has successfully passed many practical engineering interviews from top AI organizations.

SWE-bench coding: the foundation of Devin AI

Devin AI focuses on the SWE-bench coding benchmark, according to the business. The dataset consists of 2,294 software engineering challenges that are taken from real GitHub issues and the pull requests that go with them.

Capabilities of Devin AI

Large language models (LLMs) like Google’s Gemini or OpenAI’s ChatGPT are limited to completing and suggesting code; Devin AI can handle the entire process of developing and delivering entire software applications, websites, and apps. It performs testing to ensure smooth functionality and can deploy the software. Devin continuously improves its skills and adapts to new challenges. It can plan and reason through complex projects, remember project details, self-correct, and train AI models. It can also train mini-robot brains for specific tasks, such as making predictions or recommendations.

How is Devin AI operated?

With its own programming editor, command line, and browser, Devin operates independently. By breaking down tasks into smaller, more manageable chunks, it methodically implements software. It is also capable of planning and executing complex technical projects that include hundreds or even thousands of decisions. Devin is a smart AI tool that uses a vast library of programming languages and software-building techniques to understand user requests. It breaks down tasks into smaller, understandable pieces and uses its knowledge base to plan and execute tasks efficiently. Devin then writes code using languages like Python and JavaScript and checks its work for clarity. As it works on more projects, Devin improves, enabling it to handle new challenges and stay updated with the latest technology.

Does Devin AI work with engineers who are humans?

Indeed, Devin is able to work in real-time collaboration with human engineers, offering updates, suggestions, and even helping with design decisions.

Devin AI’s capacity to promptly fix faults by adding a print statement, gather user input, deliver real-time progress updates, and cooperate on design decisions as necessary was shown by the firm.

Is the future of software programming in danger?

Devin is not here to replace but rather to assist. Devin is an AI model designed to assist engineers in solving software problems and assisting with real-world projects. It has been successful in solving 14 out of every 100 software problems, demonstrating its ability to find and fix errors, point out mistakes, and offer improvements. Devin has been used in real projects like website creation, app development, and software testing, allowing engineers to focus on creating new features and achieving bigger goals. As Devin learns, it is expected to improve its performance.

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