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Will Some Programmers Become 'AI Babysitters'?

Will some programmers become "AI babysitters"? asks long-time Slashdot readertheodp. They share some thoughts from a founding member of Code.org and former Director of Education at Google: "AI may allow anyone to generate code, but only a computer scientist can maintain a system," explained Google.org Global Head Maggie Johnson in a LinkedIn post. So "As AI-generated code becomes more accurate and ubiquitous, the role of the computer scientist shifts from author to technical auditor or expert. "While large language models can generate functional code in milliseconds, they lack the contextual judgment and specialized knowledge to ensure that the output is safe, efficient, and integrates correctly within a larger system without a person's oversight. [...] The human-in-the-loop must possess the technical depth to recognize when a piece of code is sub-optimal or dangerous in a production environment. [...] We need computer scientists to perform forensics, tracing the logic of an AI-generated module to identify logical fallacies or security loopholes. Modern CS education should prepare students to verify and secure these black-box outputs." The NY Times reports that companies are already struggling to find engineers to review the explosion of AI-written code.

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Pourquoi Daphne a disparu de Bridgerton sur Netflix ? Phoebe Dynevor brise enfin le silence

Daphne Bridgerton, la Duchesse qui a lancé le phénomène mondial La Chronique des Bridgerton sur Netlix, reviendra-t-elle un jour à Mayfair ? Alors que la saison 5 se prépare en Écosse, Phoebe Dynevor s'est confiée sans détour sur les coulisses de son départ et les conditions de son éventuel come-back dans l'univers de Shonda Rhimes.

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Has the Rust Programming Language's Popularity Reached Its Plateau?

"Rust's rise shows signs of slowing," argues the CEO of TIOBE. Back in 2020 Rust first entered the top 20 of his "TIOBE Index," which ranks programming language popularity using search engine results. Rust "was widely expected to break into the top 10," he remembers today. But it never happened, and "That was nearly six years ago...." Since then, Rust has steadily improved its ranking, even reaching its highest position ever (#13) at the beginning of this year. However, just three months later, it has dropped back to position #16. This suggests that Rust's adoption rate may be plateauing. One possible explanation is that, despite its ability to produce highly efficient and safe code, Rust remains difficult to learn for non-expert programmers. While specialists in performance-critical domains are willing to invest in mastering the language, broader mainstream adoption appears more challenging. As a result, Rust's growth in popularity seems to be leveling off, and a top 10 position now appears more distant than before. Or, could Rust's sudden drop in the rankings just reflect flaws in TIOBE's ranking system? In January GitHub's senior director for developer advocacy argued AI was pushing developers toward typed languages, since types "catch the exact class of surprises that AI-generated code can sometimes introduce... A 2025 academic study found that a whopping 94% of LLM-generated compilation errors were type-check failures." And last month Forbes even described Rust as "the the safety harness for vibe coding." A year ago Rust was ranked #18 on TIOBE's index — so it still rose by two positions over the last 12 months, hitting that all-time high in January. Could the rankings just be fluctuating due to anomalous variations in each month's search engine results? Since January Java has fallen to the #4 spot, overtaken by C++ (which moved up one rank to take Java's place in the #3 position). Here's TIOBE's current estimate for the 10 most popularity programming languages: PythonCC++JavaC#JavaScriptVisual BasicSQLRDelphi/Object Pascal TIOBE estimates that the next five most popular programming languages are Scratch, Perl, Fortran, PHP, and Go.

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Tyler Rake : le meilleur film d’action de Netflix a une bonne nouvelle pour vous

Après deux volets qui ont pulvérisé les records d'audience sur Netflix, l'un des mercenaires les plus increvables du cinéma s'apprête à reprendre du service. Le géant du streaming vient de donner le feu vert à un nouveau chapitre de la saga Extraction, qui s'annonce déjà plus ambitieux que les précédents. Voici tout ce que l'on sait sur ce projet musclé.

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Meta Removes Ads For Social Media Addiction Litigation

Meta has started removing ads from law firms seeking clients for social media addiction lawsuits, just weeks after a jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in a landmark case involving harm to a young user. "Lawyers across the country now are seeking new plaintiffs, in the hopes of bringing a class action lawsuit that could result in lucrative verdicts," reports Axios. From the report: Axios has identified more than a dozen such ads that were deactivated today, some of which came from large national firms like Morgan & Morgan and Sokolove Law. Almost all of them ran on both Facebook and Instagram. Some also appeared on Threads and Messenger, plus Meta's Audience Network -- which distributes ads to thousands of third-party sites. One such ad read: "Anxiety. Depression. Withdrawal. Self-harm. These aren't just teenage phases -- they're symptoms linked to social media addiction in children. Platforms knew this and kept targeting kids anyway." A few of the ads still remain active, including some that were posted earlier today. "We're actively defending ourselves against these lawsuits and are removing ads that attempt to recruit plaintiffs for them," a Meta spokesperson said in a statement. "We will not allow trial lawyers to profit from our platforms while simultaneously claiming they are harmful."

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The Punisher One Last Kill : la bande-annonce est enfin là avec le retour d’un personnage apprécié

Le Punisher est officiellement de retour, et il ne compte pas faire de prisonniers. Disney+ vient de lever le voile sur la bande-annonce de The Punisher: One Last Kill, marquant le retour tant attendu de Jon Bernthal dans le MCU. Un trailer sombre qui promet de ramener la violence brute de Frank Castle sur le devant de la scène.

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La Chronique des Bridgerton : date de sortie, casting… Tout savoir sur la saison 5 centrée sur Francesca et Michaela

Depuis ses débuts en 2020, la saga Bridgerton captive les foules en adaptant les quêtes amoureuses de la célèbre fratrie londonienne. Mais après l'annonce officielle du 24 mars 2026, la série entre dans une phase inédite. Alors que les lecteurs attendaient Eloise, c’est finalement Francesca qui prendra la tête de la saison 5, avec un changement majeur par rapport aux romans.

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