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OpenAI improves coding for low-resource languages

OpenAI: Advancing Coding in Low-Resource Programming Languages

Learn how OpenAI is improving ChatGPT across low-resource programming languages, with new evaluations for software engineering, SQLite, and COBOL migration.

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OpenAI has released new AI models with improved capabilities for coding in low-resource programming languages like COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic, which have less training data available than languages like Python but support critical infrastructure including banking systems, ATM networks, and weather forecasting. The company developed two evaluations to measure progress: MultiLangBench tests whether models can build a SQLite-compatible database engine from scratch across 20 programming languages, while a COBOL migration evaluation tests whether models can convert existing programs to other languages while preserving their original behavior. The latest models show substantial improvements, with one model achieving an 87.4% test pass rate on MultiLangBench compared to 26.8% for the previous version, and another reaching 86.6% accuracy on COBOL migration at lower cost. These improvements matter for enterprise teams that need to maintain and modernize legacy software where documentation may be incomplete and original developers are no longer available.

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