Google’s Stitch UI design tool is now AI-powered
Google is introducing AI into its Stitch UI design tool, enabling anyone to create user-interface…
Google’s Stitch UI design tool is now AI-powered
Google is introducing AI into its Stitch UI design tool, enabling anyone to create user-interface designs by describing them in natural language or using markdown. It can also be used to copy the design of an existing web page — or “easily extract a design system from any URL,” as Google put it in a…
Stop using AI to submit bug reports, says Google
Google will no longer accept AI-generated submissions to a program it funded to find bugs in open-source software. However, it is contributing to a separate program that uses AI to strengthen security in open-source code. The Google Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program team is increasingly concerned about the low quality of some AI-generated bug…
The ‘toggle-away’ efficiencies: Cutting AI costs inside the training loop
“A single training run can emit as much CO₂ as five cars do in a year.” That finding from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has become the defining statistic of the generative AI era. But for the engineers and data scientists staring at a terminal, the problem isn’t just carbon, it’s the cloud bill. The…
AI optimization: How we cut energy costs in social media recommendation systems
When you scroll through Instagram Reels or browse YouTube, the seamless flow of content feels like magic. But behind that curtain lies a massive, energy-hungry machine. As a software engineer working on recommendation systems at Meta and now Google, I’ve seen firsthand how the quest for better AI models often collides with the physical limits…
Cloud at 20: Cost, complexity, and control
When Amazon Web Services launched its Simple Storage Service (S3) in March 2006, it sparked the imagination of IT leaders worldwide. I remember that era well. It was a time when the enterprise was feverishly searching for a way out of restrictive, on-premises silos. S3 and the emerging concept of public cloud promised almost unlimited…
Google adds vibe design to Stitch UI design tool
A key move in Google’s effort is a complete redesign of the Stitch UI. New plans for Stitch were announced March 18. With vibe designing, developers can explore ideas quickly, leading to a higher quality outcome. Instead of starting with a wireframe, developers can start by explaining the business objective they hope to achieve, what…
OpenAI buys Python tools builder Astral
OpenAI is acquiring Python developer toolmaker Astral, thus bringing open source developer tools into OpenAI’s Codex AI coding system. The acquisition was announced on March 19. Elaborating on the deal, OpenAI said Astral has built widely used open source Python tools, helping developers move faster with modern tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty. These…
OpenAI buys non-AI coding startup to help its AI to program
OpenAI on Thursday announced the acquisition of Astral, the developer of open source Python tools that include uv, Ruff and ty. It says that it plans to integrate them with Codex, its AI coding agent first released last year, as well as continuing to support the open source products. OpenAI stated in its announcement that…
Snowflake Pushes Into Agentic AI with Project SnowWork
Snowflake is pushing further into the agentic AI trend with the launch of Project SnowWork, a new platform meant to help enterprises move beyond data analysis and into execution, with much of the work handled autonomously. With SnowWork, the aim is to go beyond dashboards and generated answers to automate the next steps, allowing business…
