Google Partners With AI Startup Replit To Take on Microsoft's GitHub

Alphabet's Google is striking a partnership to combine its artificial intelligence language models with software from startup Replit that helps computer programmers write code, a bid to compete with a similar product from Microsoft's GitHub and OpenAI. From a report: Replit's Ghostwriter, which has 20 million users, will rely on Google's language-generation AI to improve its ability to suggest blocks of code, complete programs and answer developer questions. Google Cloud Vice President June Yang declined to specify which language AI products Replit will use, noting that it's a customized combination of systems that address different tasks like chat and code-generation. Previously, Replit built the product with its own AI. Google "has much better technology than most people know," Replit Chief Executive Officer Amjad Masad said in an interview. The startup will also expand its use of Google's cloud services and hopes the relationship with the tech giant will help it win over larger corporate customers -- right now Replit's clients are largely individual developers and startups. Google also will distribute Replit's software as part of the partnership. GitHub, which is wholly owned by Microsoft, last year released a product called Copilot, which suggests blocks of code as a software developer types, speeding up the process and automating rote or finicky coding tasks.

Replit

[TwistedGreen]

Does anyone actually use browser-based IDEs? I've tried several and invariable end up going back to vim.

Re: Replit

[LindleyF]

Some of the big companies have great browser based IDEs integrated with their specific workflows. They're awesome in that context. It's harder to get right in the open source context where many more combinations of tools exist.

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[nullforce]

Do it all the time when I want to browse a repo on GitHub. Instead of cloning it, press . (period) and it'll bring up VS Code in the browser with the repo. Also for anything I don't want to pollute my local system with, VSCode + Codespaces (the free 120 hrs/mo is fine).

Dumb Name

[zenlessyank]

Try again.

They are taking on COPILOT, not Github

[greytree]

Yet Another Shit Slashdot Headline

Always additional considerations w/ Google

[93 Escort Wagon]

For one - if you decide to start using this service, how big a problem will it be for you if/when Google decides to shutter it in 3-5 years?

Re:

[ByTor-2112]

You're right, any new product from Google faces substantial headwinds because of their track record of failed and abandoned projects.

Google

[future assassin]

product 10 years later All YourCode Is Erased By Us

Google picks up GitHub belt-tightening fallout

[IrishLeprechan]

https://techcrunch.com/2023/03... [techcrunch.com]

20 mil?

[jjaa]

Either that's pulled out of ass to inflate value as we heard for startup buyouts before, or it has been focused on specific market, like India. MS also happens to have just terminated a GH team in India. Interesting.

Must protect search

[cresdon]

Google would likely have a more compelling AI chatbot to showcase if they weren't so gung ho on figuring out how to integrate said chatbot with Google search without negatively impacting their ad revenue. Google's argument that they're taking it slow because of AI safety concerns is utter nonsense.

OpenAI has an undeniable lead at this point and with Microsoft's collaboration they're making even further strides. It's obviously better to make mistakes at the early stages of AI development before these thi