OpenAI acquires open-source Python tooling startup Astral

OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to acquire Astral Software Inc., a startup with a set of widely used Python development tools.  The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Astral’s development ...
SciELO

RSF: a python-based analytical framework for geotechnical engineering solutions

This paper presents the design and development of a comprehensive standalone application for geotechnical engineering, built entirely using Python. Unlike conventional commercial platforms or ...
Punjab News Express

Gherkin Format and Cucumber: What They Mean for Test Automation Clarity

Cucumber is the massive engine running Gherkin-formatted tests. For each Gherkin step, there is a step definition in a programming language (Java, JavaScript, Python). When the test is executed, ...
IEEE

Finetuning LLMs for Automatic Form Interaction on Web-Browser in Selenium Testing Framework

Abstract: Automated web application testing is a critical component of modern software development, with frameworks like Selenium widely adopted for validating functionality through browser automation ...
IEEE

Research on Web System Automation Testing Framework Based on Selenium

Abstract: This paper focuses on constructing a Selenium-based Web automation testing framework to address issues such as high testing costs, low efficiency, poor script maintainability, and ...
Rutland Herald

Unstructured Awarded $2M AFWERX TACFI to Advance Multimodal Data Pipelines and Test & Evaluation Frameworks for Generative AI

Unstructured announced today it has been awarded a $2 million Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract by AFWERX in partnership with the U.S. Air Force Test Center’s (AFTC) 96th Test Wing. Building ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio adds GitHub Copilot unit testing for C#

GitHub Copilot testing for .NET in Visual Studio 2026 v18.3 can generate tests for the xUnit, NUnit, and MSTest test frameworks. Microsoft has made GitHub Copilot testing for .NET, a new capability in ...
Biometric Companies

New UK deepfake detection testing framework, challenge aim to meet crisis head-on

Having declared deepfakes the greatest challenge of the online age, the UK government is set to take the lead on doing something about it. Having fast tracked legislation making it illegal for anyone ...
Computerworld

Testing can’t keep up with rapidly advancing AI systems: AI Safety Report

A global AI safety assessment noted that traditional evaluation methods struggled to keep pace with rapid advances in general-purpose AI systems. AI systems continued to advance rapidly over the past ...
The Hacker News

Microsoft Warns Python Infostealers Target macOS via Fake Ads and Installers

Microsoft has warned that information-stealing attacks are "rapidly expanding" beyond Windows to target Apple macOS environments by leveraging cross-platform languages like Python and abusing trusted ...
Harvard Medical School

Quantum Sensing Will Test Legal Frameworks for Privacy

Quantum sensing technologies test existing privacy frameworks severely because they bypass the physical boundaries—walls, distance, the opacity of the human body—on which existing doctrine depends, ...