Recently, the AI programming tool Cursor has been gaining traction, quickly becoming the focus of the programming and artificial intelligence fields. Cursor is a code editor based on VS Code that brings many powerful features to AI-assisted programming, exciting developers. Recently, renowned podcast host Lex Fridman had an in-depth conversation with four founding members of the Cursor team, discussing their innovative journey and future plans. The story of Cursor dates back to 20

AI code generation startup Cursor successfully raised $60 million in Series A funding, with investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, and OpenAI. Cursor aims to simplify software development through advanced AI technology, with a platform that automatically searches for and generates programming code, significantly improving development efficiency. This funding round attracted several industry heavyweights, including Google's Jeff Dean and Meta.

According to research by cloud security company Checkmarx, although 15% of companies explicitly ban the use of AI programming tools, nearly all development teams (99%) are still using these tools. Only 29% of companies have established governance frameworks for generative AI tools, while 70% of companies have not developed a centralized strategy, leading to ad-hoc procurement decisions across departments and a lack of unified management. Security concerns are increasingly being raised, with 80% of respondents worried about potential threats posed by AI, especially the 'hallucination' issue. Despite these worries, 4

Baidu announces a limited free trial for the AI programming tool Comate, running from November 11 to November 20. Comate helps developers improve productivity by automatically generating code, comments, and documentation. Inviting others to register can earn more free trial time, with a maximum of 6 months. Comate also helps reduce the need for manual testing by automatically generating unit test code. Baidu states that developers' work efficiency increases when using Comate.

GPT Pilot is a revolutionary programming tool that can increase development speed by 20 times. It collaborates with developers to write most of the code in applications. With flexible requirement selection, it can create versatile applications. It employs test-driven development to ensure the quality of the generated code. It represents the future direction of application development, showcasing the perfect collaboration between developers and AI.

A study on using OpenAI's ChatGPT for game programming has revealed challenges faced by AI in helping amateurs create complex game applications. The research generated the Flappy Bird game 35 times, finding that AI struggled to enable non-programmers to create intricate games easily. Despite its potential, AI programming tools require further research and improvement for creating complex programs. The findings indicate that non-programmers find it difficult to leverage ChatGPT systematically without prior programming knowledge.