Its exceptional performance in various engineering interviews and tests solidifies its status as a cutting-edge AI assistant.
World’s first AI software engineer ‘Devin’ has been created by the tech company Cognition. The AI software engineer is capable of writing code, crafting websites and developing software with just a single prompt. To subscribe please click tau.id/2iy6f and access our live channel.
Devin stands as a groundbreaking tool, adept at a myriad of tasks. Unlike its counterparts, Devin isn’t designed to replace human engineers but to seamlessly collaborate with them. It operates autonomously, employing its own shell, code editor, and web browser to solve engineering challenges.
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Cognition proudly announced Devin’s debut on Twitter, highlighting its exceptional performance on the SWE-Bench coding benchmark, success in practical engineering interviews at leading AI companies, and completion of actual tasks on Upwork.
The ‘introduction’ has triggered unease in tech Twitter due to its astounding ability to write complex code, then scan any errors that may arise in compilation and automatically correct them just like a human programmer would. The model, dubbed ‘Devin’ is developed by AI startup Cognition.
Backed by bigwigs like Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, former Twitter exec Elad Gil, and Doordash co-founder Tony Xu, Cognition has secured $21 million in funding.
AI coding assistants have been around for a while, including OpenAI’s celebrated Copilot, Devin purportedly raises the bar by taking on end-to-end development responsibilities.
According to the startup’s founder and CEO Scott Wu, Devin operates within a secure sandbox, planning and executing complex engineering tasks through common dev tools like code editors and web browsers.
What sets Devin apart is its remarkable foresight and ability to plan intricate tasks. It can make thousands of decisions, learn from errors, and continuously improve.
The AI dynamically maps out a solution, gets its hands dirty writing the actual code, fixes bugs along the way, tests its work, and keeps the user updated in real-time.
Equipped with essential tools like a code editor and browser, Devin is considered the pinnacle of solutions for evaluating software engineering tasks based on the SWE-bench coding benchmark.
