In Python code generation, for instance, the researchers' architecture enabled a small, open-source model to outperform a specialized, commercial closed-source model that is more than double its size.

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A few months ago, I had a discussion with some friends online. The premise of the discussion was that even if you account for complexity, shorter code is more likely to be bug-free code. As a C ...

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Programmers can now use large language models (LLMs) to generate computer code more quickly. However, this only makes programmers' lives easier if that code follows the rules of the programming ...