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Tag: Coding Assistants
AWS Is Trying to Make Kiro the Most Trustworthy AI Coding Tool in the Room
In software development, the costliest mistake rarely lives in the code. It lives in the requirements that came before it. Typically, the issue arose because a developer interpreted the specs differently from the author—and that’s human-to-human. Imagine how much more challenging this can be when vibe-coding. That’s why Amazon Web Services (AWS) is updating its […]
AWS Launches Kiro Students to Give College Developers Free Access to Its AI Coding Tool
Amazon Web Services is aiming to make AI-powered software development easier for early-stage developers. On Wednesday, it debuted Kiro Students, a new plan giving college students free one-year access to Kiro, AWS’s vibe coding tool. However, there is a catch: it comes with a 1,000 monthly credit limit and will initially be available only to […]
Claude Code Becomes the Engine Behind ServiceNow’s Vibe Coding Agent
ServiceNow is upgrading its Build Agent, shifting the coding assistant to run by default on Anthropic’s Claude Code instead of the general-purpose Claude model. This change gives users access to a language model purpose-built for software development, better suited to handling coding tasks and application logic when building production-grade apps and agents. This move is […]
Ai2 Challenges the Status Quo in Coding Agents with SERA, an Open-Source Model Built for Specialization and Scale
Coding agents are everywhere. What was once a handful of experimental tools has become a crowded field spanning GitHub (Copilot), OpenAI (Codex), Google (Jules), Anthropic (Claude Code), AWS (Kiro), Vercel (v0), Salesforce (Agentforce Vibes), and a growing roster of startups, each promising to change how software gets written. Now, nonprofit AI lab Ai2 is entering […]
Vibe Coding Is Here to Stay, but Human Oversight Remains Critical
The tech industry embraced vibe coding in 2025, as software development became one example of how artificial intelligence can disrupt professions. Instead of traditional line-by-line hand coding, developers can now instruct a bot to code an application through an intent-driven prompt. Vibe coding startups like Lovable have attracted tremendous investor interest, reaching unicorn status in […]
Vercel Deepens Its AI Push With New Tools That Build Reliability and Intelligence Into Software
Vercel, the cloud platform for front-end developers, is expanding deeper into AI. The company has rolled out a series of tools designed to help developers build faster, more reliable, and more secure AI applications. Among them: enhancements to the company’s agent that now empower it to investigate anomaly alerts, a new open-source kit that bakes […]
Salesforce Opens App-Building to Everyone with Agentforce Vibes AI
Salesforce is telling developers—or anyone who has a software idea—that there’s no excuse for not building an app on its platform. Ahead of Dreamforce, the enterprise tech firm is unveiling Agentforce Vibes, its vibe coding solution. But unlike what’s available through Anthropic’s Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Vercel, Lovable, or Replit, Salesforce brags that its platform […]
Google Makes Jules More Flexible With CLI and API for Developer Workflows
Google is making it easier for developers to use its AI coding agent to build apps. The company is adding a command-line interface (CLI) and previewing an API that could bring the GitHub Copilot rival directly into a developer’s preferred system or workflow. First introduced in 2024, Jules was an experimental AI agent developed by […]
Vercel’s v0 Breaks Out of the Developer Box as a Universal Coding Agent
Vercel, the cloud infrastructure platform, is releasing an update turning its v0 agent into an AI builder for everyone. It’s no longer a vibe coding tool exclusively for software developers. Instead, it’s a tool that designers, marketers, sales, finance professionals, or anyone with an idea can use to rapidly create software without needing “a single […]
Google’s Jules Coding Agent Exits Beta, Joins the AI Coding Arms Race
Google’s rival to GitHub Copilot, OpenAI’s Codex, and Cursor is now publicly available. After three months in beta, the company’s AI coding assistant, Jules, has launched, now powered by Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro model. A product from Google Labs, Jules was initially an experimental AI agent first announced in December 2024. Six months later, it […]