Like Elon Musk, he was coding at 12 and became one of Google’s youngest ever CMOs—but now says Gen Z are better off ice skating than learning to code

Like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, Alon Chen coded his way to Google CMO and a seven-figure exit. Now he says AI has made ...
Entrepreneur

Should High School Students Still Learn to Code? ‘Absolutely,’ Says OpenAI Engineer

OpenAI researcher Szymon Sidor said that even though AI coding tools exist, high school students should still learn to code. That way, they can build a “really structured intellect” to “break down ...
Wired

An AI Coding Assistant Refused to Write Code—and Suggested the User Learn to Do It Himself

Last Saturday, a developer using Cursor AI for a racing game project hit an unexpected roadblock when the programming assistant abruptly refused to continue generating code, instead offering some ...
Inc

Anthropic Is Making It Easier to Learn How to Code

Anthropic’s Claude is getting a side gig as a tutor. The company has launched new modes for its two consumer-facing platforms, Claude.ai and Claude Code. The modes will enable Claude to not just ...
Marketplace

If AI writes code, is coding still crucial for kids to learn?

For years, coding has been thought of as a useful skill for children to learn. It’s integrated into computer science classes and a number of organizations are dedicated to helping kids code. But now, ...
Forbes

Programmers Hired To Help AI Learn To Write Code Are Said To Be Traitorous To Software Developers Everywhere

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I discuss an increasingly angry question ...
Ars Technica

AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead

I hated English class in high school and college. Words just don't come easy to me when articulating myself. If Chat GPT and other LLMs would have been around at the time, I would have used them as a ...
CNN

Inmates are learning to code in prison. Jobs may be hard to come by

The trio aided by an ever-expanding group of expert mentors teach the students the basics of how to write code, with a bespoke website serving as their final project. But as with any education, along ...