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Apple is pushing generative AI efforts with new tools for developers

Apple is working on a new feature for its Xcode development environment that could make coding a breeze for developers. The feature, reportedly similar to Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot, will use artificial intelligence to suggest and complete blocks of code in real time.

Generative AI for Xcode

According to Bloomberg, Apple is also looking into using AI to generate code for testing applications, which can be a time-consuming and tedious task for developers. The company is testing the new tools internally before launching them to the public, possibly later this year.

Cancer breakthrough as doctors celebrate new ‘wonder drug’

Scientists have welcomed a “truly wonderful” new drug for a hard-to-treat and aggressive form of cancer.

Researchers led by a team at Queen Mary University of London said their new treatment “quadrupled” three-year survival rates and increased average survival by 1.6 months.

Academics said that the new drug, which works by cutting off the tumour ’s food supply, is the first of its type for mesothelioma in 20 years.