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The article addresses the dataset bottleneck in fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs) for software engineering tasks. Researchers from Stanford, Princeton, and Alibaba have proposed the SWE-smith method, which automates the generation of realistic bug fixes and other code modification examples. The core idea is to use automated Unit Tests to identify code defects. This is done by inducing bugs by modifying normal code, or reverting to earlier defective versions. Then, LLMs (such as SWE-agent) are prompted to fix these issues, generating 'before-and-after' training samples without manual verification. The researchers synthesized bugs from 128 Python GitHub repositories and used multiple LLM-driven SWE-agents to fix them. Using this method, they fine-tuned Qwen 2.5 Coder-32B based on 5,000 samples, achieving a first-try success rate of 40.2% on SWE-bench Verified, significantly outperforming existing models. This large-scale data creation capability is expected to accelerate the development of AI-assisted programming models.

The article provides an in-depth analysis of the release of OpenAI's GPT-5 and its core features. GPT-5 is positioned as a "family of systems," comprising different-sized models (GPT-5, Mini, Nano, Pro) and an intelligent router designed to automatically select the most suitable model based on the input type and complexity. However, its initial release was affected by router failures and the unexpected shutdown of older models, leading to a poor user experience for many. The article details GPT-5's input and output capabilities, API pricing, knowledge cutoff date, and showcases its performance in benchmarks like SWE-bench and AIME, where it surpasses some competitors. It also points out its shortcomings in abstract reasoning without tools. Furthermore, the article introduces OpenAI's "Safety Completion" fine-tuning method, used to balance safety and usefulness, and reviews GPT-5's lengthy release history.