OpenAI says its latest model advances improve the ability to build and migrate software written in COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic. According to the announcement, these languages underpin software used by banks, governments, and businesses, and progress could help developers understand decades of business logic and modernize such systems while preserving functioning components. The company states the capabilities were shaped around challenges raised by developers and enterprise customers, and invites teams working on legacy systems to suggest which languages and workflows it should address next.

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  • @namcios Felipe DemartiniOn X ↗

    A OpenAI tá ensinando a IA dela a reescrever o código antigo que roda os bancos, e quem pode pagar a conta é a IBM. E isso a dois dias do balanço da IBM. Em fevereiro, a Anthropic disse que o Claude Code podia ajudar a modernizar sistemas em COBOL, linguagem do fim dos anos 50… https://t.co/1F40MjHpzH

  • @ChrisGPT ChrisFirst reportOn X ↗

    OpenAI models are apparently REALLY good at modernizing legacy software (which still power a large swath of the global financial services industry) OpenAI’s latest COBOL migration benchmark shows GPT-6.1 Sol reaching roughly 97% accuracy at just $0.50 per graded trial, while…

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