OPENAI and Google redouble their efforts to become the privileged co -pilots of developers. By launching GPT-4.1 in Chatgpt, OPENAI provides an optimized model for the code and execution of complex instructions, designed to streamline the work of software engineers. This version, faster and more efficient than GPT-4O depending on the company, clearly targets development in development environment.
For his part, Google strengthens Gemini By integrating more advanced connections to GitHub, a nerve heart of collaborative development. This new feature aims to make Gemini an assistant directly integrated into the workflow of developers, capable of suggesting code, commenting on requests or automating technical tasks.
Beyond the continuous improvement of technical capacities, The real issue is anchoring in the daily habits of developers. OPENAI, for example, would be preparing to finalize the acquisition of Windsurfa largely adopted coding platform, for $ 3 billion. Objective: to control both the conversational tool (chatgpt) and the development environment.
Why this race?
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- Capture a strategic user base : developers are technological prescribers. A tool adopted by them can quickly impose itself in companies.
- Create lock-in effects : integrate these assistants into the Github, VS code or other IDE environment makes it possible to make their use essential.
- Position AI as an infrastructure : Tomorrow, writing code in hand could become marginal. Whoever masters generative development agents can dictate standards.
Prospects
The conquest of developers is actually A fight for the software infrastructure of tomorrow. It is no longer just a question of helping to code, but of being the cognitive operating system of the digital economy. By integrating their AI into business tools, Openai and Google seek to create an obligatory crossing point for any software development activity.
