Amazon's cloud unit introduced Kiro, an AI-assisted coding program, aiming to transform software development. This comes shortly after Google announced hiring staff from AI coding startup Windsurf under a $2.4 billion deal and plans to enhance its Gemini AI for developers. Both Amazon and Google are advancing "vibe coding," while Microsoft updated Visual Studio Code for automated development. Kiro helps manage complexity in vibe coding by defining requirements and tasks before coding, and can create flow diagrams and task lists. Currently, Kiro supports only English, with more languages to come. There will be free and premium options post-preview, with strict privacy for paying users. https://kiro.dev/ #Kiro #AWS #GeminiAI #Windsurf #VisualStudioCode #AICoding #VibeCoding #LowCode #NoCode #SoftwareDevelopment #AIDevelopment #AI #CloudComputing #AmazonAI #GoogleAI #Microsoft #FlowDiagram #TaskManagement #EnglishLanguage #PrivacyFocused #Programming #CodingTools

A new open-source AI-powered code editor, Void IDE, was recently released in beta, positioning itself as a privacy-focused and free alternative to popular closed-source AI editors like Cursor and GitHub Copilot. Backed by Y Combinator, Void IDE is a fork of Visual Studio Code. While Microsoft recently announced plans to open-source its GitHub Copilot Chat Extension, possibly in a few months, the beta release is available now for the community to fiddle with. #voidide #vscode #githubcopilot #cursor #ai #ide #aitools #ycombinator #opensource #codeeditor #coding #programming #privacyfocused #beta #githubcopilotchat #developer #aitool https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/06/void-ide-beta-release/