Google unveiled a new experimental artificial intelligence assistant named “Joule”. Joule can automatically debug code for developers. This tool was released today at the same time as Gemini 2.0.
Joule uses GitHub to create multi-step programs to handle issues and modify multiple files and prepare merge commands in Python and JavaScript. Last year, Microsoft introduced a similar tool that can identify code and suggest explanations and changes to fix bugs.
Google Joule will compete with Microsoft tools like Cursor and even the coding capabilities of Claude and ChatGPT. Google’s launch of a coding-focused AI assistant isn’t that surprising; Because CEO Sundar Pichai said in October that more than a quarter of all new code at the company is now generated by artificial intelligence.
“Joule fixes bugs and performs other time-consuming tasks,” Google said in a blog post. While you focus on what you really want to create. This effort is part of our long-term goal to create AI agents that can be useful in all fields, including coding.”
Developers have full control over Joule-generated code to review and adjust it before they decide to inject it into their projects. Google’s announcement doesn’t say whether Joule can detect bugs for you. Therefore, it should probably be directed to a list of identified problems for correction.
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Google says that Joule is in the early stages of development and may have errors; But internal tests have shown that this tool has been useful for increasing developer productivity and tracking and managing tasks. Joule is available today to a select group of Google’s trusted testers, and will be available to other developers in early 2025.
