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The Vergeby Robert Hart
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Can AI help solve the COBOL code crisis?

Can AI help solve the COBOL code crisis?
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OpenAI claims its latest AI models have achieved substantial improvements in handling legacy code, aiming to solve the crisis of aging infrastructure systems.

Key points

  • •Critical global systems like the IRS, banks, and government infrastructure still run on legacy code like COBOL that is too risky to touch.
  • •OpenAI touted substantial improvements in its latest AI models' ability to process legacy code on October 19th.
  • •The company is positioning AI technology as a solution to maintain and update these difficult-to-maintain aging systems.
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