GitLab announced the general availability of GitLab Duo with Amazon Q.
Iterate.ai announced the availability of Interplay-AppCoder LLM, the company's large language model for automated code generation.
"Our venture into training a code generation LLM on state-of-the-art generative AI frameworks and libraries like YOLO V8, LangChain, and VertexAI, has culminated in Interplay-AppCoder LLM," states Brian Sathianathan, Iterate.ai's CTO and Co-Founder. "The creation of Interplay-AppCoder LLM was made possible by the meticulous fine-tuning of CodeLlama-7B, 34B and Wizard Coder-15B, 34B on a bespoke dataset. Essentially, we are creating our own, updated version of ChatGPT specifically for developers to generate code at an enterprise level at levels that exceed what is currently available."
Interplay-AppCoder LLM was created through meticulous fine-tuning of CodeLlama-7B, 34B and Wizard Coder-15B, 34B on a bespoke dataset of newer generative AI libraries such as LangChain, YOLO V8, and Vertex AI. The first release of the Interplay-AppCoder model's performance scored high on the ICE Benchmark, a methodology that focuses on usefulness and functionality:
- Usefulness – 2.968 of 4.0
- Functionality – 2.476 of 4.0
Businesses and software teams can use Iterate's Interplay-AppCoder to write software faster and to check code effectiveness as if another software developer is sitting over the coder's shoulder. AppCoder LLM can also be used on private servers, meaning private work has no chance of leaking into the Internet. This means that it is a critical advantage across all of an enterprise's departments, not just IT development teams.
Jon Nordmark, CEO of Iterate.ai says, "This is not just a CIO issue for building Generative AI applications. Having a robust code generation LLM is important for digital teams and C-Suites to bring engaging generative AI digital applications to market faster."
Deploying Iterate's new LLM for code generation underscores a significant reduction in development time and resources, thus translating into substantial cost savings and enhanced productivity.
"Businesses can harness Interplay-AppCoder to stay ahead of the competition. Companies need the best tools available to them to work with generative AI, and the current leader is Iterate's Interplay-AppCoder, which reduces time-to-market by automating code generation and extending support for the latest models and libraries. By automating the coding process, businesses can spend their time and resources focusing on strategic initiatives, fostering innovation and growth," Sathianathan states.
Industry News
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Perforce Software announced the launch of the Kafka Service Bundle, a new offering that provides enterprises with managed open source Apache Kafka at a fraction of the cost of traditional managed providers.
LambdaTest announced the launch of the HyperExecute MCP Server, an enhancement to its AI-native test orchestration platform, HyperExecute.
Cloudflare announced Workers VPC and Workers VPC Private Link, new solutions that enable developers to build secure, global cross-cloud applications on Cloudflare Workers.
Nutrient announced a significant expansion of its cloud-based services, as well as a series of updates to its SDK products, aimed at enhancing the developer experience by allowing developers to build, scale, and innovate with less friction.
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