Open Questions About the Future of Software Engineering: The future of software engineering — the theme of our AI Developer Conference April 28-29 in San Francisco — is in flux. Here are some top open questions.
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Open Questions About the Future of Software Engineering: The future of software engineering — the theme of our AI Developer Conference April 28-29 in San Francisco — is in flux. Here are some top open questions.

As AI agents accelerate coding, what is the future of software engineering?

April 10, 20263 min read
Building Voice-Enabled Apps is Easier Than You May Think: Voice-enabled AI applications are improving quickly. Get ready for the next wave of AI!
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Building Voice-Enabled Apps is Easier Than You May Think: Voice-enabled AI applications are improving quickly. Get ready for the next wave of AI!

Voice-based AI that you can talk to is improving rapidly, yet most people still don’t appreciate how pervasive voice UIs (user interfaces) will become.

April 3, 20263 min read
How Anti-AI Propaganda Hurts the Public: The anti-AI coalition is beoming more sophisticated in its efforts to block progress
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How Anti-AI Propaganda Hurts the Public: The anti-AI coalition is beoming more sophisticated in its efforts to block progress

The anti-AI coalition continues to maneuver to find arguments to slow down AI progress.

March 27, 20263 min read
That Feeling Of Job Insecurity (And What You Can Do About It): In times of economic and technological uncertainty, build on things that tend to remain stable. Community and skills are likely to weather shifts in business and society.
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That Feeling Of Job Insecurity (And What You Can Do About It): In times of economic and technological uncertainty, build on things that tend to remain stable. Community and skills are likely to weather shifts in business and society.

I’ve been hearing from people at all levels of seniority about a feeling of job insecurity.

March 20, 20263 min read
Let’s Help Agents Share Their Work: AI Social Networks Can Be More than Fun and Games
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Let’s Help Agents Share Their Work: AI Social Networks Can Be More than Fun and Games

Should there be a Stack Overflow for AI coding agents to share their learnings with each other?

March 16, 20262 min read
Context for Coding Agents: Agentic coding systems often make mistakes because they’re not aware of tools, API calls, and the like that came out after they were trained. Context Hub gives them the documentation they need to write correct code.
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Context for Coding Agents: Agentic coding systems often make mistakes because they’re not aware of tools, API calls, and the like that came out after they were trained. Context Hub gives them the documentation they need to write correct code.

I’m thrilled to announce Context Hub, a new tool to give to your coding agents the API documentation they need to write correct code.

March 9, 20263 min read
Introducing the DeepLearning.AI Skill Builder Tool!: Want to strengthen your AI skills? Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced developer, DeepLearning.AI’s free Skill Builder can tell you what to do next.
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Introducing the DeepLearning.AI Skill Builder Tool!: Want to strengthen your AI skills? Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced developer, DeepLearning.AI’s free Skill Builder can tell you what to do next.

We just released a Skill Builder tool to help you understand in which areas of AI you’re strong, where you can learn more, and what to do next to keep building your skills.

February 27, 20261 min read
How AI Will Create Jobs: Whenever technology unlocks human creativity, it creates far more jobs than it destroys. AI-driven job growth has already started.
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How AI Will Create Jobs: Whenever technology unlocks human creativity, it creates far more jobs than it destroys. AI-driven job growth has already started.

Will AI create new job opportunities? My daughter Nova loves cats, and her favorite color is yellow.

February 20, 20262 min read
Why Hollywood Worries About AI: Filmmakers at At the Sundance Film Festival expressed anxiety about AI. But Hollywood can benefit from AI, and the two communities have interests in common.
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Why Hollywood Worries About AI: Filmmakers at At the Sundance Film Festival expressed anxiety about AI. But Hollywood can benefit from AI, and the two communities have interests in common.

I recently spoke at the Sundance Film Festival on a panel about AI.

February 13, 20262 min read
How AI Is Affecting the Job Market — And What You Can Do About It: Worries that AI is taking peoples’ jobs have been overblown, but AI is changing the job market. Here’s what to expect and what employers are looking for.
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How AI Is Affecting the Job Market — And What You Can Do About It: Worries that AI is taking peoples’ jobs have been overblown, but AI is changing the job market. Here’s what to expect and what employers are looking for.

Job seekers in the U.S. and many other nations face a tough environment.

February 6, 20263 min read
The Rise of Sovereign AI: Nations want to protect their access to AI. Rising interest in sovereign AI may weaken U.S. influence but increase competition and strengthen open source.
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The Rise of Sovereign AI: Nations want to protect their access to AI. Rising interest in sovereign AI may weaken U.S. influence but increase competition and strengthen open source.

U.S. policies are driving allies away from using American AI technology.

January 30, 20263 min read
From AI Experiments to AI Products: Experiemental projects can reveal AI powered-opportunities, but building AI-powered products often requires redesigning workflows.
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From AI Experiments to AI Products: Experiemental projects can reveal AI powered-opportunities, but building AI-powered products often requires redesigning workflows.

How can businesses go beyond using AI for incremental efficiency gains to create transformative impact?

January 23, 20262 min read
Data Centers Are Easier on the Environment Than You Might Think: How environmentally friendly are AI data centers? If we're going to use AI, there’s no better way to do it.
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Data Centers Are Easier on the Environment Than You Might Think: How environmentally friendly are AI data centers? If we're going to use AI, there’s no better way to do it.

Many people are fighting the growth of data centers because they could increase CO2 emissions, electricity prices, and water use.

January 16, 20263 min read
Build with Andrew!: AI enables people who don’t know any programming to build their own web apps using AI. Learn how in just 30 minutes with DeepLearningAI’s course “Build with Andrew.”
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Build with Andrew!: AI enables people who don’t know any programming to build their own web apps using AI. Learn how in just 30 minutes with DeepLearningAI’s course “Build with Andrew.”

We just launched a course that shows people who have never coded before, in less than 30 minutes, how to describe an idea for an app and build it using AI.

January 9, 20262 min read
How to Test for Artificial General Intelligence: AGI has become a term of hype, and the traditional Turing Test can’t reliably detect it. How can we evaluate claims of that someone has built artificial general intelligence? Here’s a better test.
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How to Test for Artificial General Intelligence: AGI has become a term of hype, and the traditional Turing Test can’t reliably detect it. How can we evaluate claims of that someone has built artificial general intelligence? Here’s a better test.

Happy 2026! Will this be the year we finally achieve AGI? I’d like to propose a new version of the Turing Test, which I’ll call the Turing-AGI Test, to see if we’ve achieved this.

January 2, 20263 min read

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