Local LLMs have improved sharply, with Simon P. Couch, senior software engineer at Posit, reporting that the April Qwen 3.5 and Gemma 4 releases each scored 90% on his agentic coding eval, up from 0% …
Bluffbench, an evaluation for LLM plot interpretation, is nearing saturation as models like Fable 5 achieve high scores on the hardest 'mocked' cases, though human-level performance remains elusive. T…
Generative AI tools often produce better R code when given extra setup, such as custom knowledge files and specialized agents like Posit Assistant. Experts recommend moving from chatbots to coding age…
Wes McKinney, creator of Pandas and Apache Arrow, warns that 'vibe coding' is dangerous while advocating for agentic engineering in an interview about AI in data work. McKinney emphasizes the need for…