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Can AI help solve the COBOL code crisis?

Global Published 26 October 2026, 18:15 · archived 26 Oct 2026

What do the IRS, banks, airlines, and government infrastructure around the world have in common? They're all running on systems propped up by antique computer code that nobody dares touch, lest everything come crashing down. OpenAI thinks it may have a solution. On October 19th, the company touted "substantial improvements" in its latest AI models' […]

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