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This paper critically examines the ethical implications of integrating AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT into the software development process. It explores issues such as code ownership, bias, accountability, privacy, and the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-08-21 Mohammad Baqar

Adopting AI copilots in professional workflows presents opportunities for enhanced productivity, efficiency, and decision making. In this paper, we present results from a six month trial of M365 Copilot conducted at our organisation in…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Muneera Bano , Didar Zowghi , Jon Whittle , Liming Zhu , Andrew Reeson , Rob Martin , Jen Parsons

Despite being one of the largest and most popular projects, the official Android framework has only provided test cases for less than 30% of its APIs. Such a poor test case coverage rate has led to many compatibility issues that can cause…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-08-30 Xiaoyu Sun , Xiao Chen , Yanjie Zhao , Pei Liu , John Grundy , Li Li

Automatic Program Repair (APR) endeavors to autonomously rectify issues within specific projects, which generally encompasses three categories of tasks: bug resolution, new feature development, and feature enhancement. Despite extensive…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-24 Jiuang Zhao , Donghao Yang , Li Zhang , Xiaoli Lian , Zitian Yang , Fang Liu

Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have shown the potential to assist developers with coding and debugging tasks. However, their role in collaborative issue resolution is underexplored. In this study, we analyzed 1,152…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-12-12 Joy Krishan Das , Saikat Mondal , Chanchal K. Roy

Version control systems for source code, such as Git, are key tools in modern software development environments. Many developers use online services, such as GitHub or GitLab, for collaborative software development. While software projects…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Alexander Krause , Jan H. Klemmer , Nicolas Huaman , Dominik Wermke , Yasemin Acar , Sascha Fahl

Security vulnerabilities present in a code that has been written in diverse programming languages are among the most critical yet complicated aspects of source code to detect. Static analysis tools based on rule-based patterns usually do…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Hael Abdulhakim Ali Humran , Ferdi Sonmez

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools have been used to generate human-like content across multiple domains (e.g., sound, image, text, and programming). However, their reliability in terms of correctness and functionality in novel…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Felipe Avencourt Soares , Muriel F. Franco , Eder J. Scheid , Lisandro Z. Granville

Data analysis is challenging as it requires synthesizing domain knowledge, statistical expertise, and programming skills. Assistants powered by large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, can assist analysts by translating natural…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Ken Gu , Ruoxi Shang , Tim Althoff , Chenglong Wang , Steven M. Drucker

In the rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence, software development has emerged as a key area of innovation. Despite the plethora of general-purpose AI assistants available, their effectiveness diminishes in complex,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-12-01 Gustavo Pinto , Cleidson de Souza , Thayssa Rocha , Igor Steinmacher , Alberto de Souza , Edward Monteiro

Large language models (LLMs) like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT have emerged as powerful tools for code generation, significantly enhancing productivity and accelerating software development. However, existing benchmarks primarily focus on…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Yixi Wu , Pengfei He , Zehao Wang , Shaowei Wang , Yuan Tian , Tse-Hsun Chen

Data science libraries, such as scikit-learn and pandas, specialize in processing and manipulating data. The data-centric nature of these libraries makes the detection of API misuse in them more challenging. This paper introduces DSCHECKER,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Akalanka Galappaththi , Francisco Ribeiro , Sarah Nadi

As large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, and Gemini become integrated into software development workflows, developers increasingly leave traces of AI involvement in their code comments. Among these, some comments…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Abdullah Al Mujahid , Mia Mohammad Imran

Hidden license conflicts in the open-source AI ecosystem pose serious legal and ethical risks, exposing organizations to potential litigation and users to undisclosed risk. However, the field lacks a data-driven understanding of how…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-15 James Jewitt , Hao Li , Bram Adams , Gopi Krishnan Rajbahadur , Ahmed E. Hassan

Strategized LaTeX removal and whitespace normalization approachThe widespread adoption of generative AI (GenAI) tools such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT is transforming software development. Since generated source code is virtually…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Tao Xiao , Youmei Fan , Fabio Calefato , Christoph Treude , Raula Gaikovina Kula , Hideaki Hata , Sebastian Baltes

Enterprise API design is often bottlenecked by the tension between rapid feature delivery and the rigorous maintenance of usability standards. We present an industrial case study evaluating an AI-assisted design workflow trained on API…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Mak Ahmad , Andrew Macvean , JJ Geewax , David Karger

AI powered code-recommendation systems, such as Copilot and CodeWhisperer, provide code suggestions inside a programmer's environment (e.g., an IDE) with the aim of improving productivity. We pursue mechanisms for leveraging signals about…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Hussein Mozannar , Gagan Bansal , Adam Fourney , Eric Horvitz

Machine Learning (ML) cloud services, offered by leading providers such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, enable the integration of ML components into software systems without building models from scratch. However, the rapid adoption of ML…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-19 Hadil Ben Amor , Niruthiha Selvanayagam , Manel Abdellatif , Taher A. Ghaleb , Naouel Moha

Exploratory GUI testing is essential for software quality but suffers from high manual costs. While Multi-modal Large Language Model (MLLM) agents excel in navigation, they fail to autonomously discover defects due to two core challenges:…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-09 Yifei Gao , Jiang Wu , Xiaoyi Chen , Yifan Yang , Zhe Cui , Tianyi Ma , Jiaming Zhang , Jitao Sang

The Android framework provides a rich set of APIs that can be exploited by developers to build their apps. However, the rapid evolution of these APIs jointly with the specific characteristics of the lifecycle of the Android components…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-02-25 Oliviero Riganelli , Ionut Daniel Fagadau , Daniela Micucci , Leonardo Mariani