As reports last week first hinted, Meta’s Code Llama is a full-on code-generating AI that uses natural language to create and describe code in multiple coding languages.

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) launched an open-source AI model, Qwen3-Coder, for software development that the company described as its most advanced coding tool to date, Reuters reported.

JetBrains, the company behind a range of popular app development tools, has released its first 'open' AI model for coding, called Mellum.

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