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CTO, Amazon · Nov 25, 2025 · Post, Tech predictions for 2026 and beyond

Generative AI lets us generate code in seconds, but if you put garbage in, you get really convincing garbage out.

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Werner Vogels, CTO, Amazon
Where
Tech predictions for 2026 and beyond
Topics
Coding
Company
Amazon
Source
allthingsdistributed.com/2025/11/tech-predictions-for-2026-and-beyond.html

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