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CHATGPT ON MACOS CAN NOW DIRECTLY EDIT CODE

The newest version of OpenAI's ChatGPT app for macOS can edit code in supported developer tools, including Xcode, VS Code, and JetBrains. Users can turn on an 'auto-apply' mode to allow ChatGPT to make edits without the need for additional clicks. The feature is available to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team subscribers. It will roll out to Enterprise, Edu, and free users next week. The ChatGPT app for Windows will get direct editing soon.

A QUARTER OF STARTUPS IN YC'S CURRENT COHORT HAVE CODEBASES THAT ARE ALMOST ENTIRELY AI-GENERATED

While each of the founders that Y Combinator funded in its current cohort is highly technical and completely capable of building their own products from scratch, a quarter of the startups have 95% of their code bases generated by AI. Product builders who rely heavily on AI will need to be good at reading code and finding bugs. VCs and developers have been excited about AI-powered coding, with multiple startups raising hundreds of millions of dollars in funding in the last 12 months.

THE HOTTEST AI COMPANIES RIGHT NOW ARE ‘APPS'

AI wrappers are all the rage today - startups are offering AI chatbots, research tools, and other software applications for coding, clinicians, and customer service, all built at least in part on large language models. Investors are eager to put money into these services. However, some have started to question the wisdom of AI companies powering billions into developing models as companies like DeepSeek have proven competitive options can be created for much less. One of the biggest concerns with AI app companies is that a large language model developer may decide to compete directly with them, but it is unlikely that AI developers will build verticalized apps for every single possible use case.

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