Nvidia patents AI tool that automatically fixes bugs in code
Nvidia describes a system that uses AI models to find errors in computer programs and write the code needed to fix them. The system checks if the new code actually solves the problem before applying the changes to the original file.
In the filing’s own words
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to applications, platforms, architecture, etc. for automatically generating reliable fixes or patches for reproducible defects in source code. In particular, one or more artificial intelligence (AI) models are used to process a prompt based at least in part on the source code, a defect, and contextual information for the defect to generate a corrected version of the source code. Further, the applications, platforms, architecture, etc. may determine whether the corrected version of the source code resolves the defect and apply the changes implemented in the corrected version of the source code to the source code.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. One or more processors comprising processing circuitry to: identify, using a processing device, a defect in a source code; obtain contextual information for the defect; process, using one or more artificial intelligence (AI) models, a prompt to generate a corrected version of the source code, the prompt generated based at least on the source code, the defect, and the contextual information for the defect; determine whether the corrected version of the source code outputted using the one or more AI models resolves the defect; and in response to determining that the corrected version of the source code resolves the defect, apply changes implemented in the corrected version of the source code to the source code.
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
- Official title
- AUTOMATED SOFTWARE PATCH GENERATION
- Publication number
- US20260329733A1
- Application number
- 19184367
- Filed
- Apr 21, 2025
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 23
Classified under
G06F 11/3688 Physics & computingG06F 8/35 Physics & computingG06F 8/41 Physics & computingMore from Nvidia in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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