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Gartner sees AI coding costs exceeding average developer salary by 2028

Gartner forecast on June 24 that AI coding costs will exceed the average developer salary by 2028. It cited rising large language model token consumption and a shift toward usage-based pricing as key drivers. Senior analyst Nitish Tyagi warned organisations often underestimate the financial impact of higher token use as AI coding agents move from trials to large-scale deployment. Gartner urged leaders to set usage standards, match models to task complexity and strengthen governance.

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Sparrow launches MCP-based AI-generated code security assistant

Application security company Sparrow on Tuesday launched an AI-generated code security assistant, Sparrow MCP, designed to help AI models produce secure code. The company said it will push an MCP (Model Context Protocol)-based application security business as AI-driven development expands. Sparrow said its tool links AI coding agents to its security solutions to analyze source code and open-source components as code is generated, providing license and vulnerability information and producing an SBOM.

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Cursor acquires open source coding assistant Continue

AI coding tool Cursor has acquired the open source coding assistant Continue. TheNewsStack reported on June 22 that the deal was signed alongside the timing of SpaceX\'s acquisition of Cursor for $60 billion, meaning Continue also moved under SpaceX. The terms were not disclosed. Existing Continue users can export data until July 15, after which it will be deleted. Continue is a Y Combinator alum and was offered as a VS Code extension, JetBrains plugin and CLI.