OpenAI AI models tackle niche programming languages; COBOL migration accuracy jumps to 97.9%

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OpenAI released a research report yesterday (October 20) stating it has enhanced its models, including GPT-6 Astra, to build and migrate legacy programming languages such as COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic. Although these languages have limited public code and documentation, they continue to support critical systems in banking, ATMs, weather forecasting, and nuclear safety analysis.

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OpenAI’s low-resource-language research separates new implementations from behaviour-preserving migration.

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