JetBrains launches AI model for software development tasks

Image of a brain illustrating the launch of the new Mellum LLM by JetBrains that enhances its AI assistant for developers that specialises in software development tasks.

JetBrains has announced the launch of Mellum, its own AI model specifically engineered for software development tasks.

Mellum has been integrated exclusively into JetBrains’ AI Assistant, reporting dramatic improvements in both speed and accuracy of code completions compared to previous implementations.

Unlike more extensive language models, Mellum has been purposefully designed with a smaller footprint to deliver near-instantaneous coding suggestions. The model...

23 October 2024 | Artificial Intelligence

New developer tools boost Google Assistant’s capabilities

Google has launched new tools for developers which are designed to boost Assistant's capabilities when responding to user requests.

The virtual assistant is regularly found to handle general queries better than its closest competitors, but too often you can think it would just be quicker to do a task yourself. We're still far off from the sci-fi visions of AI assistants like HAL and JARVIS.

Google Assistant, and its rivals, have made large strides in improving areas such...

18 June 2020 | Android