A neural network that automatically generates source code to greatly help human programmers complete projects has been found to add bugs or security flaws in up to 40 per cent of the code it outputs.
The neural network may be the basis for an AI programming feature called Copilot that is available through Microsoft subsidiary GitHub, which can be used by millions of folks to talk about source code and organise software projects. Copilot solves programming problems by scouring vast numbers of examples …
