
David Gewirtz
CBS Interactive Distinguished Lecturer, ZDNet/CNET columnist, ZATZ founder, puppy daddy. Former UC Berkeley instructor, Mercer professor, CNN and Economist alum
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3 days ago |
zdnet.com | David Gewirtz
Didem Mente/Anadolu via Getty ImagesOpenAI sent another earthquake rocking across the software engineering world today. This time, it was the X announcement that Codex, its AI coding agent, is now available for Plus tier users. In other words, you no longer have to spend $200/mo to get Codex's programming help. Instead, you can get it for $20/mo, as part of the ChatGPT Plus subscription.
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5 days ago |
zdnet.com | David Gewirtz
Anthropic / ZDNETThe pace of AI improvement fascinates me. What sucked a year ago is at the top of the heap this year. I saw that over the past few months, as both Google's Gemini and Microsoft's Copilot went from the bottom rung on the AI coding ladder to the winner's circle, passing all of my coding tests. Also: How I test an AI chatbot's coding ability - and you can, tooToday, another language model is making the trek up the ladder.
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1 week ago |
zdnet.com | David Gewirtz
rob dobi/Getty ImagesA couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to use Google's Jules AI Agent to scan through the entire code repository of one of my projects and add a new feature. The AI took about 10 minutes. All told, it took under 30 minutes to use the AI, review its changes, and ship the new feature. At the time, I was wildly impressed. The more I've thought about it, the more worried I've become.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | David Gewirtz
NowMicrosoft Confirms Password Deletion—Now Just 8 Weeks AwayMicrosoft wants to delete passwords for its billion-plus users, now “the password era is ending” and set against the backdrop of hundreds of millions of email addresses and passwords being stolen.
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1 week ago |
zdnet.com | David Gewirtz
rob dobi/Getty ImagesA couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to use Google's Jules AI Agent to scan through the entire code repository of one of my projects and add a new feature. The AI took about 10 minutes. All told, it took under 30 minutes to use the AI, review its changes, and ship the new feature. Also: Google's Jules AI coding agent built a new feature I could actually ship - while I made coffeeAt the time, I was wildly impressed.
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ZDNET had the opportunity to talk with Logitech about the future of work. https://t.co/AIRfvZB9sh

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These tools are going to require programmers, managers, and investors to rethink the software development workflow. https://t.co/Dbvdzybyiw