Everyone needs a genAI strategy now

Does your company have an AI strategy yet? Our top stories this month point to the perils of not having one—including but not limited to the rising threat of shadow IT. We’re also looking ahead to the future of highly adaptive UIs, the rise of citizen developers, and what’s happened to developer communities like Stack Overflow. All are impacted by genAI, and the effects are still playing out.

Top picks for generative AI readers on InfoWorld

Building generative AI? Get ready for generative UIChatbots may be the popular face of genAI today, but the future points to a different kind of interface—one that adapts to user needs on the fly.

Using generative AI tools to simplify app migrationsMigrating legacy apps to updated platforms involves a lot of thankless grunt work. Good thing you can outsource much of it to genAI.

The rising threat of shadow AIEven at companies that don’t embrace AI, workers are using ChatGPT and other public LLMs to streamline their workflows and boost productivity. The risk of exposing corporate data is higher than some realize.

AI can give you code but not communityStack Overflow has been an important resource and community-building space for developers for nearly two decades. Now, many programming newbies are turning to AI instead.

GenAI news bites

Java hiring slips as AI use grows
Visual Studio Code 1.98 shines on GitHub Copilot
Microsoft previews AI chat template for.NET

More good reads and generative AI updates elsewhere

How LLMs can make FFmpeg easier to useFFmpeg, the command-line tool for converting video and audio files, is both “ridiculously powerful and ridiculously complex.” Here’s how LLMs can streamline its operation.

Has the era of citizen developers arrived?Generative AI lets non-programmers dream up apps, describe them in natural language, and produce results that (more or less) work. Are we ready for what comes next?

Walmart doubles down on AIWalmart might be the world’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer. Turns out, it also employs thousands of developers building internal AI tools.