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AWS CodeWhisperer creates computer code from natural language

AWS just expanded CodeWhisperer to two new programming languages. Natural language to code is getting serious.

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AWS is strengthening its position in the AI coding assistant market by expanding CodeWhisperer's language support, signaling intensified competition with GitHub Copilot and other code generation tools.

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  1. CodeWhisperer preview expanded to support two additional programming languages

  2. Announced at AWS re:Invent conference

  3. Natural language to code generation capability

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Publisher excerpt: At re:Invent, AWS announces that the CodeWhisperer preview has added support for two new programming languages.
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