DeepMind details AlphaCode, a new AI coding engine that it says “writes computer programs at a competitive level” (James Vincent/The Verge)

James Vincent / The Verge:
DeepMind details AlphaCode, a new AI coding engine that it says “writes computer programs at a competitive level”  —  AlphaCode is good, but not great — not yet  —  DeepMind has created an AI system named AlphaCode that it says “writes computer programs at a competitive level.”