Claude Code fell off a cliff these last few weeks. Anyone actually using it felt the drop: dumber edits, lost context, contradictions, the works. No, we weren’t imagining it.
Well, Anthropic has finally spoken and said what many of us already knew weeks ago. From their incident post on September 8:
Investigating - Last week, we opened an incident to investigate degraded quality in some Claude model responses. We found two separate issues that we’ve now resolved. We are continuing to monitor for any ongoing quality issues, including reports of degradation for Claude Opus 4.1.
For quite a while, OpenAI’s GPT-4 model was up to date until September 2021. However, recently, it appears that GPT-4 has been updated with an up-to-date dataset date of April 2023.
Knowing better than to trust what ChatGPT says, I tested this on ChatGPT web and different modes. I asked it with the default GPT-4 model and the Advanced Data Analysis model. I then checked GPT-3.5 as well.
GPT-4 on both web and mobile says April 2023. For GPT-3.5, it says January 2022.
Since OpenAI released its long-awaited Code Interpreter plugin for ChatGPT, I have been playing with it extensively. Throwing everything at it, from a zip file of a large repository and asking it questions to uploading spreadsheets and generating imagery.
It appears that most people are using Code Interpreter for what it was intended for, working with data and code, being able to perform analysis and other awesome things on documents and so on.
As developers, we are always looking for ways to make our lives easier, and that often means bringing in third-party libraries and tools that abstract away the nitty-gritty details of specific tasks. Langchain is one such tool that aims to simplify working with AI APIs (in reality, it doesn’t). However, as we’ll discuss in this blog post, you might not need Langchain at all. In fact, using direct APIs, such as the OpenAI API, can often result in better performance and less complexity.
There has been a bit of talk about Lanchain lately regarding the fact it is creating a walled garden around AI apps and results in lock-in. In this post, we’ll debate the differences between Langchain and just using an official SDK. I assume you’re working with OpenAI, but we also have Anthropic and Hugging Face (amongst others) to consider.
To understand the differences, Langchain is a framework for building AI apps. If you are a developer wanting to throw something together quickly, it is brilliant for quickly knocking out AI API wrapper apps, especially the OpenAI GPT API.
Reading the latest update from StackOverflow’s CEO, I can’t help but feel a sense of disconnect. StackOverflow and the broader StackExchange network are facing a tidal wave of change with the rise of AI, and it seems like they’re just treading water.
For many of us, AI tools like ChatGPT have become go-to resources. They’re efficient, user-friendly, and, most importantly, not judgemental. On the other hand, StackOverflow has become notorious for its hostile environment, particularly towards newcomers. It’s as if you need to pass a test of fire to ask a question, and that’s if you’re brave enough to ask in the first place.
Apple is known for introducing innovative products to the market and revolutionising the tech industry, most notably with the iPod and then the iPhone. The latest buzz is about the upcoming Apple augmented reality (AR) glasses being dubbed Apple Glasses. AR technology superimposes digital elements in the real world, creating an interactive and immersive experience.
The idea of AR glasses is not new, but Apple’s entry into the market could be a game-changer if they do it right. The company has a loyal fan base, and its products have a reputation for being high-quality and user-friendly.
Picture this: It’s 3 AM, and you’re staring at your computer screen, bleary-eyed, as you struggle to solve that pesky bug in your code. You can almost feel the weight of the digital cobwebs piling up on StackOverflow as you sift through outdated answers and snarky comments. But what if I told you that the days of scouring through StackOverflow’s seemingly endless abyss might be numbered? Enter ChatGPT, Google Bard, and a whole new breed of AI-powered chatbots revolutionising how developers find answers to their coding conundrums.