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GPT-6 legacy programming improves as GPT-6.1 Sol scores 97.9% on COBOL test

OpenAI reports 87.4% average pass rate on MultiLangBench across 20 languages and 97.9% COBOL migration accuracy for GPT-6.1 ...
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OpenAI says GPT-6 is much better with legacy programming languages such as COBOL and Fortran

OpenAI improved its latest models for low-resource programming languages like COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic. On the new MultiLangBench, GPT-6 Astra hits an 87.4 percent test pass rate across 20 ...
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OpenAI has trained an AI to rewrite outdated programs with 97.9% accuracy

OpenAI announced significant performance improvements in its models for programming languages with relatively little code and ...

OpenAI says its models can help banks migrate from old COBOL programs

The company’s models are now better at working with COBOL and other old languages.

OpenAI announces improved coding capabilities in low-resource languages (COBOL, Fortran, etc.). COBOL migration accuracy increases from 5.4% to 86.6%

On October 19, 2026, OpenAI's official website announced an initiative to improve coding capabilities in "programming ...

OpenAI: Deciphering the Spells Left Behind by Retired COBOL Programmers and Recanting Them in Modern Languages

On October 19, 2026, an announcement posted by OpenAI on X caught my eye. It stated that the latest AI models are now capable ...
Interesting Engineering

OpenAI models make huge gains in modernizing decades-old software with 97.9% accuracy

OpenAI has reported significant gains in coding across 20 programming languages and migrating legacy software.
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87.4% average across 20 languages in the SQLite implementation test

OpenAI has released results for MultiLangBench, which asks models to build a SQLite-compatible engine in 20 languages, and ...