Paul Krill
Editor at Large

JetBrains ships AI Assistant for JetBrains IDEs

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Dec 11, 20231 min
Generative AIIntegrated Development EnvironmentsIntelliJ

Powered by OpenAI and JetBrains models, AI Assistant can explain and refactor code and generate code, commit messages, documentation, and tests.

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JetBrains has released an AI-powered coding companion, AI Assistant, which is available to paid users of JetBrains IDEs including IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, PhpStorm, ReSharper, and Fleet by subscription.

Unveiled December 6, AI Assistant can explain code, answer questions about code, generate code and code completion suggestions, generate documentation, explain commits and generate commit messages, and perform other tasks. Powered by OpenAI and several proprietary JetBrains large language models, AI Assistant is available for customers of paid editions of JetBrains IDEs through a supplemental subscription.

Within the JetBrains IDE, AI Assistant enables multiline code completion, documentation and test generation, identifier name suggestions, AI-suggested refactoring, and code explanation. AI Assistant is powered by the JetBrains AI Service, which connects users to different LLMs and enables specific AI-powered features inside many JetBrains products. After acquiring the AI Assistant license, users must activate the license within the IDE to enable AI Assistant.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorldโ€™s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorldโ€™s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a โ€œBest Technology News Coverageโ€ award from IDG.

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