Link: https://openai.com/index/low-resource-programming-languages/
Our latest model advances bring stronger capabilities for building and migrating software in low-resource programming languages such as COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic. These languages have less code and documentation available for models to learn from than languages like Python and JavaScript, yet support critical infrastructure and essential services around the world. COBOL supports(opens in a new window) more than 40% of online banking systems, 80% of in-person credit card transactions and 95% of ATM transactions, while Fortran is used in weather forecasting(opens in a new window) and nuclear reactor safety analysis(opens in a new window). Improving AI’s ability to work in these languages could help teams maintain and modernize the software that essential services depend on.