Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Computer-programming employment fell steeply after the introduction of ChatGPT and has returned to its lowest level since 1980.

Code is a foreign language to me. When I see a screen full of code, I feel like I’ve suddenly been transported back to the ’80s, lying on the floor with my little brother watching Tron. But over the ...

Have computer programmers innovated themselves out of a job? That’s the fear driving theories that AI will remove the need for humans who can write computer code. Today's most sophisticated large ...