COBOL dev won .NET hackathon with help from AI
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); “We have been doing forms of machine learning and deep analytics for fraud for the better part of a decade,” he said, mentioning fraud detection as one application for the tech. For now, he’s not letting generative or agentic AI near those processes or other core activities. “That showed us the ability to transcend some of the detail, how someone who understands core concepts can use generative AI to work in a domain they have never looked at before is really powerful.”Sawade’s ambitions for AI are considerable.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); “We have been doing forms of machine learning and deep analytics for fraud for the better part of a decade,” he said, mentioning fraud detect
- ▪For now, he’s not letting generative or agentic AI near those processes or other core activities.
- ▪“That showed us the ability to transcend some of the detail, how someone who understands core concepts can use generative AI to work in a domain they have never looked at before is really powerful.”Sawade’s ambitions for AI are considerable
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| Original publisher | theregister |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/15/cobol-dev-won-net-hackathon-with-help-from-ai-and-their-cio-loves-it/5296438 |
| Publication time | Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:30:04 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-16T07:38:41.555Z |
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