The Decoder reports on an OpenAI and academic field report showing AI coding agents can accelerate modernization of neglected research software, but shift the hard work to human verification and raise maintenance and fragmentation risks for projects such as STAR and FastQC.
AI coding agents can modernize research software but can't judge if the science is right
The Decoder reports on an OpenAI and academic field report showing AI coding agents can accelerate modernization of neglected research software, but shift the hard work to human verification and raise maintenance and fragmentation risks for projects such as STAR and FastQC.
Source: The Decoder