Meet Devin, world’s first AI software engineer. Is it out to get your job?

Devin AI: US-based startup Cognition launched Devin AI, an artificial intelligence software, which alters the way code is debugged, written and deployed. Devin AI is a first of its kind and has the ability of taking a simple command and turning it into a functioning website or software program, Cognition, backed by the Founders Fund, said.

Devin AI passes engineering interviews?

The AI assistant has successfully passed several practical engineering interviews from the leading AI companies and has also completed real jobs on the freelancing platform Upwork.

Devin AI’s SWE-bench coding

The company said that Devin AI is on the SWE-bench coding benchmark, the company which is a dataset that comprises 2,294 software engineering problems that are extracted from authentic GitHub issues and their corresponding pull request.

Devin AI: What is it capable of?

Devin AI does not just complete and suggest code, it can also manage the whole process of creating and releasing whole software applications which large language models (LLMs) like Google’s Gemini or OpenAI’s ChatGPT are unable to do.

Devin AI: How does it work?

Devin works autonomously with its own code editor, command line and browser. It systematically puts software into practice by segmenting work into manageable steps and can plan and execute complex engineering projects that involve hundreds to thousands of decision-making.

Devin AI’s demonstration

Here’s a demonstration of Devin AI:

The company provided a demonstrations that shows off Devin AI’s capability to quickly resolve errors by adding a print statement as it takes user feedback, provides real-time progress reports and collaborates on design choices as and when needed.