JetBrains launches Mellum, an AI model built to help developers complete code

Professional software development tools company JetBrains sro announced Tuesday saw the release of a new proprietary large-language model for artificial intelligence In between trained in coding knowledge that will help software developers.

“Unlike typical large language models, Mellum is purpose-built for coding,” said Valerie Kazmina, product marketing manager at JetBrains. “We are focused about creating a smaller, optimized model that significantly reduces latency, giving developers near-instant suggestions. This makes Mellum more efficient than many of the third-party models currently available on the market.”

In between is currently integrated in the JetBrains AI assistantan intelligent coding partner available to users from the company’s independent development editors. These editors are software applications used by developers and engineers that combine the tasks of writing code, building, debugging and testing software in one platform.

According to the tests, Mellum has reduced the time it takes to produce code suggestions as developers write, reflecting a decrease of up to a third of the previous time. Coders using the new LLM have an acceptance rate of around 40%, meaning they hit enter and apply the suggested code, which is considered a high percentage for the industry.

Mellum supports popular programming languages out-of-the-box, included Java, Kotlin, Python, Go and PHP. JetBrains said more languages ​​are on the way And when testing. Users can join the early access program.

Cloud-based code completion is only available to users with an AI Pro subscription But users Paid versions of the company’s IntelliJ-based IDE come with local AI-powered code completion bundled as standard.

The release of Mellum is part of JetBrain’s strategy to maintain an industry leadership role with its developer platform products and AI-powered coding assistants. By streamlining a code-only LLM on the code completion sideIt can provide developers with fast, accurate suggestions in their code and leave the copilot’s needs to the AI ​​chatbot. Competitors in the AI ​​code assistant industry include GitHub, owned by Microsoft Corp And Tabnine Ltd.which also have IDE-integrated code completion and copilot tools.

“Mellum’s strength is not only in its speed and accuracy; it also benefits from deep integration with JetBrains IDEs,” said Kazmina. “This synergy between the client-side IDE and the server-side AI logic allows Mellum to deliver contextually aware code suggestions That Are tailor-made to the needs of each project.”

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