Is the AI Revolution Leaving APIs Behind? [Video]

Just in case you haven’t been paying attention, artificial intelligence is everywhere. Trying to read any online magazine or watch a Sunday Night Football game without encountering a mention of AI is now officially impossible. If you believe recent ads for AI-enhanced website builders, you no longer need a copywriter, designer, or developer.

The reality, of course, may be quite different. For every announcement about AI being integrated into a product, there’s another YouTube essay about the limitations of generative AI or an insightful op-ed on it plateauing. The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.

In recent months, we’ve written extensively about generative AI and APIs, which seem like natural bedfellows. Analysts like Paul Dumas paint a future in which AI will consume (and write) APIs, invoking them to retrieve data and expand their models. If this vision becomes a reality, pivoting to support that type of API consumption will be a necessity for API providers to stay relevant.

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