Baidu hits the turbo button to get back into AI race
An industry analyst Friday offered a lukewarm response to a series of announcements from Chinese tech giant Baidu around upgrades to its multimodal foundation model, ERNIE 4.5, and reasoning model, ERNIE X1, first released last month. During his keyno...
Thesys introduces generative UI API for building AI apps
AI software builder Thesys has introduced C1 by Thesys, which the company describes as a generative UI API that uses large language models (LLMs) to generate user interfaces on the fly. Unveiled April 18, C1 by Thesys is available for general use. C1 ...
Hype versus execution in agentic AI
Agentic AI has captured the imagination of enterprises everywhere. It promises autonomous systems capable of reasoning, making decisions, and dynamically adapting to changing conditions. The allure lies in machines operating independently, free of hum...
Python and WebAssembly? Here’s how to make it work
Top picks for Python readers on InfoWorld 6 languages you can deploy to WebAssembly right nowLearn how to deploy Python and five other languages to run on Wasm, along with the advantages and disadvantages of each language choice. Airgapped Python: Set...
Micro front ends on the Microsoft web platform
Breaking up monolithic code into clusters of services and microservices has been a good thing. It has allowed us to refactor our code and find the bottlenecks and blockers. In some cases, that’s led us back to new, streamlined monoliths, in other ca...
Microsoft touts AI Dev Gallery for Windows
Microsoft is championing its AI Dev Gallery, now available as an open source app intended to help Windows developers integrate AI capabilities within their own projects and apps. Initially announced as a project in December 2024, AI Dev Gallery was hi...
Puppet devsecops updated to deal with security maladies
Perforce has updated its Puppet Enterprise Advanced platform for devsecops to offer more advanced remediation options with the goal of reducing risk in an era of AI-powered security threats. Announced on April 22, the 2025.2 release of the platform fo...
4 big changes WebAssembly developers need to know about
WebAssembly gives developers a whole new way to deliver applications to the web and beyond. Instead of writing solely in JavaScript, developers can write in various other languages, compile that to WebAssembly’s bytecode format, and run it in a sand...
Cubicles are a software development anti-pattern
I have yet to meet a software developer who said, “I just love working in a cube farm.” I’ve never run across a developer who would turn down an offer to work in their own office. And I’ve never met a software developer who said, “You know...
Vibe code or retire
I hope this title ticked you off a bit. Get mad. Pound the table. Shake your head and then listen. You need to learn to vibe code, or your career as a software developer will end. Vibe coding is a cute term for using the latest generation of code gene...
Why enterprise investment in AI agents hasn’t yielded results
Enterprises have rushed to capitalize on the transformative potential of AI agents, but a stark reality is emerging. Our recent survey of more than 1,000 enterprise technology leaders revealed that more than half of organizations (68%) have budgeted o...
Breaking the cloud monopoly
The dominance of hyperscalers AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure has shaped the cloud landscape for more than a decade. Enterprises flocked to these platforms to simplify IT operations, lower costs, and drive innovation. For a while, it worked. Th...
Microsoft updates AI chat template for cloud app dev
Microsoft is now offering a second preview of its .NET AI Chat Web App template. This update is intended to make it easier to build cloud-native, AI-powered chat applications via support for the .NET Aspire cloud-ready stack for building distributed a...
Understanding application modernization
In today’s digital-first economy, businesses face relentless pressure to innovate. Legacy applications, often built on outdated architectures like monolithic systems or on-premises infrastructure, struggle to meet modern demands for agility, scalabi...
