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The world’s first AI programmer, Devin, is born
Cognition unveils Devin, an AI that could replace software engineers, sparking debate among tech experts about the future of coding.
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Cognition unveils Devin, an AI that could replace software engineers, sparking debate among tech experts about the future of coding.
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OUR TAKE Currently, Cognition has secured $21 million in investment led by Silicon Valley magnate Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and other well-known investment institutions, suggesting that Devin will evolve and update even faster. With tech giants like Google and OpenAI also entering the field, competition in the realm of “AI programmers” is set to intensify. — Chloe CHEN, BTW Media reporter On March 13, the startup company Cognition announced the launch of the world’s first AI software engineer, Devin, claiming it will completely change the way humans build software. Devin achieved breakthrough success in the SWE-bench coding benchmark test, demonstrating its ability to execute complex tasks, even surpassing top human engineers. This release has attracted widespread attention from developers.
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Also read: Sora won’t replace humans, and here’s why Also read: Google suspends Gemini AI model’s image generation function It is understood that Cognition, the company behind Devin, is a small startup of just 10 people and was established less than 2 months ago. Currently, it has achieved an astonishing 13.86% on the SWE-bench, in comparison, Claude 2 is at 4.80%, while SWE-Llama-13b and GPT-4 can handle 3.97% and 1.74%, respectively. In Cognition’s demonstration, Devin can quickly complete the basic work that programmers do every day, such as development, debugging, and deployment. Moreover, it has its own shell, code editor, and browser, among other common developer tools, all integrated into a sandbox computing environment, allowing Devin to call on them independently.
Key Points
- On March 13, startup Cognition announced the launch of Devin, an AI software engineer that outperformed top human engineers in the SWE-bench coding benchmark, signalling a significant shift in software development.
- Devin demonstrates the ability to independently complete a wide range of software engineering tasks, from debugging to deploying, utilising its own suite of development tools.
- The founding team of Cognition, consisting of prodigies with impressive backgrounds in computer science and mathematics, aims to revolutionise the field by potentially replacing human software engineers with AI, sparking both optimism and concern within the tech community.
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