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I used a $20 AI tool to finish 24 days of coding in 6 hours - but there's a big catch

Professional coders pay hundreds monthly for AI assistance. Can a $20 ChatGPT Plus plan with Codex access rival these premium tools? I decided to find out, and 16x'ed my programming output in the ...

After coding catastrophe, Replit says its new AI agent checks its own work - here's how to try it

On Wednesday, AI startup Replit released Agent 3, an autonomous code generation system designed to help non-programmers with software development projects. It's the latest in the industry-wide ...
Visual Studio Magazine2d

VS Code Update Helps Dev Select, Contribute AI Models

Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.104, adding Auto model selection and support for contributed language models in chat, ...
Business Insider14d

AI agents could make the org chart obsolete. Microsoft's AI product lead explains what might replace it.

The rise of AI agents could kill the org chart, said Microsoft's AI platform product lead. "The org chart starts to become the work chart," Asha Sharma said. Big Tech is already cutting layers of ...
Bristol Post14d

HMRC alert as if you are on this tax code you may need to make a phone call

HMRC has set out the regulations around tax codes as some people may need to give them a call. The update came in response to an enquiry from a taxpayer. They were confused as there was a discrepancy ...
AOL15d

AI agents could make the org chart obsolete. Microsoft's AI product lead explains what might replace it.

"The org chart starts to become the work chart," Asha Sharma said. Big Tech is already cutting layers of management — and AI could accelerate the flattening. The org chart — those endless boxes and ...
Phys.org17d

Chemists show how RNA might have started to make proteins on early Earth

Chemists at University College London have shown how two of biology's most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) and amino acids, could have spontaneously joined together at the origin of ...
TWCN Tech News18d

How to display the WiFi QR code in Windows 11

Windows 11 now allows you to display the connected Wi-Fi password with a QR code, which other devices can scan to connect to the same Wi-Fi network. With the Windows 11 24H2 update, Microsoft also ...
The Conversation23d

How climate change is making Europe’s fish move to new waters

Sevrine Sailley receives funding from UKRI and Horizon Europe. Climate change is reshaping fish habitats. Some fish are winners, others are losing out. Fish already face plenty of pressure from ...
The Connecticut Mirror23d

Make America Healthy Again — but only if it’s clickbait

Slashing SNAP-Ed, WIC, and SNAP isn’t just shortsighted — it’s scientifically indefensible. If “Make America Healthy Again” were anything more than a political catchphrase, we’d be talking about how ...
Colorado Public Radio25d

Competing visions of how — and how much — to regulate AI decision-making, as Colorado lawmakers return for their special session

The main focus of the special session that begins Thursday is to close a roughly $1 billion budget shortfall, but the unseasonable return to the Capitol also gives lawmakers a chance to work on an ...