Can AI help solve the COBOL code crisis?

OpenAI targets legacy software modernisation with upgraded artificial intelligence models

By GPU Data Hub Desk · GPU Data Hub·Editorial standards·26 Oct 2026, 13:15·United States

Critical infrastructure across financial services, aviation, and government agencies continues to depend on vintage COBOL software that organisations are hesitant to modify. OpenAI has suggested that artificial intelligence could help modernise these systems, pointing to notable gains in the performance of its latest foundation models.

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