GitLab announced the launch of GitLab 18, including AI capabilities natively integrated into the platform and major new innovations across core DevOps, and security and compliance workflows that are available now, with further enhancements planned throughout the year.
Iterate.ai announced the availability of Interplay-AppCoder LLM, the company's large language model for automated code generation.
"Our venture into training a code generation LLM on state-of-the-art generative AI frameworks and libraries like YOLO V8, LangChain, and VertexAI, has culminated in Interplay-AppCoder LLM," states Brian Sathianathan, Iterate.ai's CTO and Co-Founder. "The creation of Interplay-AppCoder LLM was made possible by the meticulous fine-tuning of CodeLlama-7B, 34B and Wizard Coder-15B, 34B on a bespoke dataset. Essentially, we are creating our own, updated version of ChatGPT specifically for developers to generate code at an enterprise level at levels that exceed what is currently available."
Interplay-AppCoder LLM was created through meticulous fine-tuning of CodeLlama-7B, 34B and Wizard Coder-15B, 34B on a bespoke dataset of newer generative AI libraries such as LangChain, YOLO V8, and Vertex AI. The first release of the Interplay-AppCoder model's performance scored high on the ICE Benchmark, a methodology that focuses on usefulness and functionality:
- Usefulness – 2.968 of 4.0
- Functionality – 2.476 of 4.0
Businesses and software teams can use Iterate's Interplay-AppCoder to write software faster and to check code effectiveness as if another software developer is sitting over the coder's shoulder. AppCoder LLM can also be used on private servers, meaning private work has no chance of leaking into the Internet. This means that it is a critical advantage across all of an enterprise's departments, not just IT development teams.
Jon Nordmark, CEO of Iterate.ai says, "This is not just a CIO issue for building Generative AI applications. Having a robust code generation LLM is important for digital teams and C-Suites to bring engaging generative AI digital applications to market faster."
Deploying Iterate's new LLM for code generation underscores a significant reduction in development time and resources, thus translating into substantial cost savings and enhanced productivity.
"Businesses can harness Interplay-AppCoder to stay ahead of the competition. Companies need the best tools available to them to work with generative AI, and the current leader is Iterate's Interplay-AppCoder, which reduces time-to-market by automating code generation and extending support for the latest models and libraries. By automating the coding process, businesses can spend their time and resources focusing on strategic initiatives, fostering innovation and growth," Sathianathan states.
Industry News
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The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced the launch of the Cybersecurity Skills Framework, a global reference guide that helps organizations identify and address critical cybersecurity competencies across a broad range of IT job families; extending beyond cybersecurity specialists.
CodeRabbit is now available on the Visual Studio Code editor.
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Chainguard announced Chainguard Libraries for Python, an index of malware-resistant Python dependencies built securely from source on SLSA L2 infrastructure.
Sysdig announced the donation of Stratoshark, the company’s open source cloud forensics tool, to the Wireshark Foundation.
Pegasystems unveiled Pega Predictable AI™ Agents that give enterprises extraordinary control and visibility as they design and deploy AI-optimized processes.
Kong announced the introduction of the Kong Event Gateway as a part of their unified API platform.
Azul and Moderne announced a technical partnership to help Java development teams identify, remove and refactor unused and dead code to improve productivity and dramatically accelerate modernization initiatives.
Parasoft has added Agentic AI capabilities to SOAtest, featuring API test planning and creation.
Zerve unveiled a multi-agent system engineered specifically for enterprise-grade data and AI development.
LambdaTest, a unified agentic AI and cloud engineering platform, has announced its partnership with MacStadium(link is external), the industry-leading private Mac cloud provider enabling enterprise macOS workloads, to accelerate its AI-native software testing by leveraging Apple Silicon.
Tricentis announced a new capability that injects Tricentis’ AI-driven testing intelligence into SAP’s integrated toolchain, part of RISE with SAP methodology.