AI Weekly: The promise and limitations of machine programming tools

Machine programming, which automates the development and maintenance of software, is becoming supercharged by AI. During its Build developer conference in May, Microsoft detailed a new feature in Power Apps that taps OpenAI's GPT-3 language model to assist people in choosing formulas. Intel's ControlFlag can autonomously detect errors in code. And Facebook's TransCoder converts code from one programming language into another. The applications of computer programming are vast in scope.