*Google Fires Back in the AI Coding Wars with Jules Beta Launch* 🔥 🔥 Google is stepping up its game in the fast-growing world of AI-powered coding. The company announced the public beta of Jules, an autonomous coding agent that helps developers fix bugs, write tests, and understand documentation — all running quietly in the background. Originally launched as an experimental tool last December, Jules is now moving into beta and will be available to developers for free (with usage limits). Jules runs on Google’s powerful Gemini 2.5 Pro model and integrates directly with GitHub. What makes Jules stand out is its asynchronous workflow. Developers can hand off tasks and continue working while Jules runs them in a sandbox environment. It even provides reasoning and audio summaries for its actions. This feature puts it in direct competition with similar offerings like OpenAI’s Codex and GitHub’s Copilot Agent, both of which are part of a broader move toward more autonomous “vibe coding” — where apps are built more through prompts than traditional coding. https://venturebeat.com/ai/googles-jules-aims-to-out-code-codex-in-battle-for-the-ai-developer-stack/