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Software engineering company Cognition has developed an autonomous AI software engineer, called Devin, which can plan and execute complex coding tasks and learn over time.
Devin has been equipped with developer tools, including a shell, code editor and browser, and can work alongside human engineers or autonomously on tasks, reporting progress in real time and accepting feedback.
The AI has been evaluated on the SWE-bench coding benchmark, which assesses an algorithm’s ability to solve real-world coding issues, and outperformed all previous models, resolving 13.86% of issues, compared with 1.96% for the best previous model.