Get Ready to Code with AI: Google Colab to Launch Codey, the AI Coding Assistant

Google Colab is launching Codey, an AI assistant for coding that will offer features such as code completions, natural language to code generation, and a code-assisting chatbot. The tool uses the most advanced family of code models, which was fine-tuned on a large dataset of high-quality, permissively licensed code from external sources to improve performance on coding tasks. The first features will focus on code generation, allowing users to generate larger blocks of code and write whole functions from comments or prompts. The goal is to reduce the need for writing repetitive code, so users can focus on the more interesting parts of programming and data science. Colab users in the United States will get first access to Codey, which dramatically increases programming speed, quality, and comprehension. Anyone with an internet connection can access Colab free of charge, democratizing machine learning for everyone. Access to these features will roll out gradually in the coming months, starting with paid subscribers in the US and then expanding into the free-of-charge tier and other geographies over time.