# How to use AI for software development and cybersecurity

DevFeed: [How to use AI for software development and cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-use-ai-for-software-development-and-cybersecurity-7802.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/ai-assisted-development-and-cybersecurity/>)

Author: Simon Maple

Published: 2023-08-30T05:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Blog RSS Feed | Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-rss-feed-snyk.md>)

Topics: [AI Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-development.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Machine learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-learning.md>), [Natural language processing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nlp.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [Neural Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/neural-network.md>)

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## AI overview

This article introduces AI-assisted development for developers and security practitioners. It explains how generative AI can help write, review, test, and document code while maintaining security, and defines foundational concepts including artificial intelligence, natural language processing, machine learning, neural networks, and large language models.

## Source excerpt

AI-assisted development helps developers build software more efficiently, learn how to leverage AI to write, test and review your code whilst maintaining security.