
Somewhere, a 68-year-old contractor who programs in COBOL is shook. OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol can now migrate COBOL programs into Java, Python, Rust and a few other languages with 86.6% accuracy. Banks, insurers and government agencies like the IRS still run huge chunks of their business on COBOL, and the only developers who understand it are retiring. It's a good thing that AI can move some companies and gov agencies into the 20th century!
