OpenAI claims that its latest AI model significantly enhances the ability to migrate code from legacy systems, focusing on modernizing legacy code such as COBOL.
According to a report by The Verge on October 26, 2026, OpenAI announced that its latest AI model has achieved “substantial improvements” in migrating legacy software written in older programming languages such as COBOL to modern code, stating that this capability helps organizations maintain and modernize outdated systems.
On October 26, 2026, OpenAI announced that its latest AI model has achieved “substantial improvements” in migrating legacy software written in ancient programming languages such as COBOL to modern code, adding that this capability can help financial institutions, government agencies, and others maintain and modernize long-running critical systems.
The report notes that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), global banks, airlines, and government infrastructure all commonly rely on such high-risk, hard-to-maintain legacy code systems; accompanying images show that on June 10, 2022, an IRS computer in Austin was still running COBOL 73 to process taxpayer information. OpenAI did not disclose specific technical details, testing environments, or customer use cases, only emphasizing that this capability is at the stage of model capability evolution and is suitable for software migration and modernization scenarios.
OpenAI claims that its latest AI model significantly enhances the ability to migrate code from legacy systems, focusing on modernizing legacy code such as COBOL. · AI NEWS
