Stephen Downes

This is pretty funny. You may have heard the story about a restaurant AI customer support chatbot that people could use to write computer programs. This takes the idea a step futher. "Chipotle's customer support chatbot 'Pepper' went mega-viral after users discovered it could solve LeetCode problems, write Python, reverse linked lists - the works. It's powered by IPsoft Amelia (not Claude, not GPT), and it's still live.... We took OpenCode (MIT license, 120k+ stars), forked it, hardcoded Pepper as the default model, slapped on Chipotle's brand colors, and shipped it." It's now looking at Home Depot, Sephora, Nordstrom, IKEA, and more, using brand AIs to write computer code. "Not affiliated with Chipotle. They will probably sue us. Worth it."