IBM taps AI to translate COBOL code to Java

IBM has announced Code Assistant for IBM Z, a code-generating AI model that translates COBOL code into Java, aimed at helping businesses modernize their mainframe apps while preserving performance and security. Code Assistant is powered by a code-generating model, CodeNet, that can understand multiple programming languages and will be available in late 2023.

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