India has entered the competition with its contender, Devika, following the excitement surrounding Devin, the world's first "AI software engineer" developed by Cognition Labs in the US. This open-source endeavour, undertaken by Mufeed VH (Hamzakutty) of Lyminal and Stition.AI, is intended to compete with Devin's capabilities.

Like Devin, Devika utilizes machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP) to comprehend human commands. Nevertheless, Devika's primary objective is to analyze such instructions and decompose them into practical and achievable tasks. Subsequently, it independently conducts research and generates code autonomously to accomplish the established goals.

This AI tool, built in India, is a collaborative companion for developers, potentially providing a more easily attainable option than the US-based Devin. Although specific information about Devin's capabilities has not yet been disclosed, Devika's open-source nature enables more transparency and community participation in its development process.

The introduction of Devika contributes an additional dimension to the worldwide competition for AI advancement, namely in software development. The potential effects of these AI tools on the computer employment market are still to be determined. Still, it is indisputable that the future of coding is on the verge of a substantial transformation.

Mufeed VH invited early testers and contributors to his initiative through X, previously called Twitter. The author detailed the characteristics of the artificial intelligence tool in the article. The developer stressed that an official release would occur once thorough testing and bug resolution had been finalized.

Features

The primary characteristics of Devika comprise:

• Twelve agentic models can engage in a feedback loop to comprehend, explore, investigate, program, record, and make determinations based on the user's inquiry to finish a project.
• Assists Claude 3, GPT-4, GPT-3.5, and Local LLMs through Ollama.
• Devika can execute the code she creates and rectify flaws or issues without user assistance.
• Devika can deploy the static web pages she produces on Netlify. 

Conclusion

Mufeed VH, using his X handle, stated that an official launch will occur once thorough testing and bug fixes have been completed. In addition, he declared that they had established a Discord server specifically for the early testers and contributors.

Source: https://twitter.com/mufeedvh/status/1770696902926852549

Image source: https://github.com/stitionai/devika