Google’s Jules aims to out-code Codex in battle for the AI developer stack
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Summary
As AI continues to advance, it is beginning to compete with humans in the realm of coding.
Google has recently announced the broader release of its AI coding assistant Jules, which can fix bugs in codebase, create tests and consult documentation, all in the background.
OpenAI has also released a research preview of its coding agent Codex, which writes, fixes bugs and answers codebase questions.
However, the true breakthrough of AI code comes in the form of ‘vibe coding’, where any code and applications are generated via prompting rather than hard coding done by humans.
This new arena brings coding agents even further into the forefront of the AI arms race, as big tech companies compete for dominance.
Google also offers Code Assist, AI Studio, Jules and Firebase, the latter of which allows non-coders to build applications and add AI features, and has been recently updated to allow more sophisticated applications to be built.
Firebase aims to differentiate itself from Google’s other coding products by being the first platform that integrates all of the company’s tools together.