In the latest report from the developer platform GitHub, Python has successfully surpassed JavaScript to become the most widely used programming language. This shift is primarily attributed to the ongoing boom in generative artificial intelligence (AI). The increasing significance of Python in machine learning, data science, and scientific computing has propelled its rise in the open source community. GitHub notes that Python's popularity is linked to the growing number of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) developers.

GitHub recently announced an important update for developers using Mac. The first preview of GitHub Copilot has been released, allowing developers to try this AI-based feature to improve their workflow. GitHub Copilot is an AI coding assistant that helps developers write code faster through suggestions and requests tailored to specific commands. GitHub Copilot is now available for

At the recent Universe 24 Developer Conference, GitHub officially launched a brand new platform - GitHub Spark. This new tool is designed to help developers, especially those with less experience, easily create micro-applications using natural language. Meanwhile, GitHub has also provided more options for its AI coding assistant Copilot, allowing developers to choose different AI models based on their needs.

AI startup Moondream has officially announced the completion of $4.5 million in seed funding and presents a disruptive viewpoint: in the world of AI models, smaller models may hold advantages. The company is backed by Felicis Ventures, Microsoft's M12 GitHub Fund, and Ascend, launching a visual language model with only 1.6 billion parameters that can compete with models four times its size in terms of performance.

Recently, OpenAI released the next generation of the o1 model, now available on Cursor. These o1 models excel at handling complex and intricate reasoning tasks, exciting many developers. Notably, the o1-mini model is designed specifically for advanced programming, becoming a favorite among developers. Initially, Cursor will adopt a usage-based pricing model, and as usage increases, it plans to gradually adjust the pricing structure and optimize model usage limits.

All Hands AI has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Menlo Ventures, aiming to develop a model-agnostic open source AI agent to help developers reduce tedious tasks like writing unit tests, managing dependencies, and maintaining documentation, allowing them to focus more on creative work. Their target project, OpenHands, has already garnered over 30,000 stars on GitHub and has more than 150 contributors, positioning itself as a "smart partner" for developers.

Alibaba Group's Tongyi Qwen QwenLM project has encountered an unexpected takedown of its Github page, resulting in a 404 error message when users try to access it. Project leader Lin Junyang responded in a social media post, stating that the team has not disappeared and is in communication with officials to resolve the page takedown issue. Despite the team's efforts, the page remains inaccessible. It is worth noting that the team recently released the Qwen2-VL model, which has excelled in processing video content up to 20 minutes long, surpassing multiple authoritative evaluation metrics for multimodal models, with some metrics even exceeding those of GPT.

Anthropic has released Claude Enterprise, an enterprise-grade AI assistant designed to enhance team efficiency. By integrating GitHub, expanding the context window, and providing enterprise-level security features, it helps companies better leverage their internal knowledge assets. This product can handle large volumes of documents and code, accelerating code repository synchronization, feature iteration, and issue debugging, while ensuring data security. Market and product managers can use it to generate marketing strategies and interactive prototypes, improving cross-department communication efficiency. Early user feedback has been positive.

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke discussed GitHub's future development strategy on the Decoder podcast, emphasizing its role as a leading software management platform for developers worldwide, particularly in open-source code storage. GitHub has collaborated with 90% of the Fortune 100 companies globally, introducing features such as issue tracking, automated workflows, and cloud-based development environments. Dohmke pointed out that GitHub aims to be the center of developer tools, rather than replacing other tools, comparing it to...

In a dramatic turn of events within the tech world, the Cursor platform, funded by OpenAI, unexpectedly announced a change of its default model to Claude, a move that has sparked intense debate. Programmers have responded passionately, even willing to pay double the price to use Cursor, making it far more popular than GitHub Copilot. Cursor's appeal lies not only in its powerful 'traitor' Claude-3.5-Sonnet model but also in its innovative features, such as 'light...

The latest version 2.6 of WallFacer’s MiniCPM-V series has rapidly climbed to the Top 3 on GitHub and HuggingFace trends, surpassing ten thousand stars. Since its release in February, it has accumulated over a million downloads, becoming a benchmark for on-device model capabilities. MiniCPM-V2.6 achieves performance enhancements for on-device multimodal models with 8 billion parameters, including real-time video understanding, multi-image joint understanding, and multi-image in-context learning, with a quantized backend memory of only 6GB and an inference speed of up to 18 tokens.

Microsoft and GitHub have announced a deep collaboration aimed at simplifying the AI application development process, making it easier for 100 million developers worldwide to build AI applications on the GitHub platform. With the seamless integration of Codespaces and Visual Studio Code on GitHub.com, developers can directly use Azure AI services, including access to leading AI model libraries, direct access to Azure AI through GitHub Models, and harnessing the power of Azure AI.

Recently, the Northern District Court of California made a ruling in a copyright lawsuit that has attracted widespread attention, partially dismissing the claims against GitHub Copilot programming tool and its former underlying technology, OpenAI Codex. This decision may set a precedent for new technology tools that train with copyrighted data. The lawsuit was filed by the law firm of Joseph Saveri in 2022, with the plaintiff claiming that GitHub and OpenAI allowed Copilot and Codex to copy sour

Apple firmly responds to the EU's €500 million fine; ByteDance is secretly developing multiple AI products; OpenAI claims the New York Times hired hackers to attack ChatGPT; Google CEO calls the diversity issues in Gemini 'unacceptable'; Li Yanhong expresses strong investment in generative AI and foundational models; Elon Musk and Lei Jun discuss Apple's abandonment of car manufacturing; Sony PlayStation department lays off 900 employees; Changan Auto responds to the acquisition of HiPhi; GitHub launches Enterprise version of Copilot.

GitHub has released the general availability of Copilot Enterprise based on GPT-4. Copilot Enterprise includes all features of existing commercial plans and allows referencing internal organization code and knowledge bases, making it easier for developers to deploy code to the cloud, priced at $39 per month.

GitHub, a subsidiary of Microsoft, has released a more powerful AI coding tool that can answer questions based on company coding practices, speeding up the onboarding process for new engineers and helping professionals improve their work pace.

Good research does not fade away; it only becomes more relevant over time. In the past week, OpenAI's video generation model Sora has continued to attract attention. The team has launched a new version, SiT, which further improves quality, speed, and flexibility. The latest paper, "Scalable Diffusion Models with Transformers", has been recognized at ICCV2023, leading the advancement of technology. SiT explores a broader design space through interpolation, bringing new possibilities to the field of image generation.

The new gameplay of GPT-4V has garnered over 3000+ stars on GitHub's hot list, making web developers feel threatened. By simply drawing, framing, and clicking execute, users can generate web pages with buttons quickly and easily. Developer Sawyer Hood created this new gameplay using the GPT-4V API in just 5 hours, earning over 2700 likes. Combining the open-source whiteboard tldraw with the GPT-4V API allows for instant web page creation, with some users even creating DesignerGPT.

In 2023, GitHub added 65,000 new generative AI projects, representing a 248% year-on-year growth. Open-source generative AI projects like LangChain and Stable Diffusion made it to the top ten contributors for the year. GitHub predicts that India will become the world's largest developer community by 2027, with the development of generative AI profoundly impacting businesses. The report shows that 92% of developers use AI-based coding tools, with GitHub Copilot being particularly popular.

The AutoGPT project has recently successfully secured $12 million in funding, attracting significant attention from the GitHub community. The project utilizes powerful GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 language models to build intelligent agents with autonomous learning and task processing capabilities. The four key components of AutoGPT include architecture, autonomous iteration, memory management, and multifunctionality, making it a versatile robot. The project also introduces the concept of generative agents, enhancing system efficiency and response speed, with promising prospects. Generative agents are expected to simulate human behavior.