AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?

Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer ...

Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens

An individual claiming to be Mark Pilgrim, the original creator of the library, opened an issue in the project's GitHub repo ...
AOL

Anthropic's Claude Code creator predicts software engineering title will start to 'go away' in 2026

The creator of a popular AI coding agent said software engineering as a job title will soon be a thing of the past as artificial intelligence automates writing code. Boris Cherny, who created Claude ...
PC Gamer

A human software engineer rejected an AI agent's code change request, only for the AI agent to retaliate by publishing an 'angry' blog about him

AI Hasbro CEO still has 'so much AI-based' grist in his own D&D games 'it would floor you', but he's not putting it in MTG cards or D&D books because people 'just don't want it' AI Microsoft CEO says ...
TechRepublic

TIOBE Index for February 2026: Specialized Languages Gain Ground as Python’s Lead Eases

TIOBE Index for February 2026: Specialized Languages Gain Ground as Python’s Lead Eases Your email has been sent Python remains comfortably ahead in February, but the composition of the top 10 is ...
Fast Company

An AI agent just tried to shame a software engineer after he rejected its code

Sign of the times: An AI agent autonomously wrote and published a personalized attack article against an open-source software maintainer after he rejected its code contribution. It might be the first ...
Autoblog

Carmakers Rush to Remove Chinese Code Under New Federal Rules

The U.S. bans Chinese software in connected cars starting March 17, forcing automakers to purge code fast. Could this stall Chinese brands in America? Automakers must remove Chinese-written code from ...
Wall Street Journal

The Car Industry Is Racing to Replace Chinese Code

How Chinese is your car? Automakers are racing to work it out. Modern cars are packed with internet-connected widgets, many of them containing Chinese technology. Now, the car industry is scrambling ...
Nasdaq

Microsoft Is Still Getting Drubbed in the Software Sell-Off, But It Has a Cheat Code

Software stocks continue to tumble on AI-driven fears. Investors seem to think Microsoft is overspending on capital expenditures. The stock is trading at a modest discount to the S&P 500. The iShares ...
Morningstar

Izzi Software Unveils New Brand, Launches z/XDC on Visual Studio Code to Modernize Mainframe Debugging and Accelerate Adoption

New z/XDC software expansion improves accessibility and integrates into existing workflows while welcoming a new generation of programmers into mainframing Izzi Software, owner of ColeSoft, the ...
Reuters

US software stocks slump as AI disruption fears take over

ServiceNow, SAP slide after earnings S&P 500 Software and Services Index at nine-month low Jan 29 (Reuters) - U.S. software stocks fell on Thursday after SAP's underwhelming cloud outlook and a ...