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Cursor’s New Bugbot Is Designed to Save Vibe Coders From Themselves


One of the most popular platforms for AI-assisted programming says the next era of vibe coding is all about supercharging error detection.

Most of these code editors are relying on a combination of AI models built by major tech companies, including OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. It can analyze error messages, do step-by-step problem solving, suggest specific changes, and run unit tests in code. Notably, one recent randomized control trial with 16 experienced coders suggested that it took them 19 percent longer to complete tasks than when they were not allowed to use AI tools.

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