OpenAI Launches an Agentic, Web-Based Coding Tool

OpenAI is launching a cloud-based software engineering agent called Codex as the hype surrounding building software using AI continues gathering pace. This tool, aimed more at professional coders rather than amateur vibe coders, will let developers automate more of their work in a way that should be both safer andContinue Reading

AI Code Hallucinations Increase the Risk of ‘Package Confusion’ Attacks

AI-generated computer code is rife with references to non-existent third-party libraries, creating a golden opportunity for supply-chain attacks that poison legitimate programs with malicious packages that can steal data, plant backdoors, and carry out other nefarious actions, newly published research shows. The study, which used 16 of the most widelyContinue Reading

The Subjective Charms of Objective-C

Objective-C’s objects, meanwhile, were adorned with all caps prefixes that proudly identified their creator. Some bore household names, like the button to log into another service with yourTwitter account (TWTRLogInButton), or the add friends from Facebook popup (FBFriendPickerViewController). By the time I learned Objective-C, NeXT hadn’t existed for over 15Continue Reading