To note, ChatGPT has the ability to write and improve existing code in several programming languages, as well, so Google giving Bard the capability is perhaps inevitable.

Google is updating its Bard AI chatbot to support code generation. Developers can now use Bard to generate code, debug existing code, and help explain lines of code.

Microsoft's Debug-Gym is a Python-driven framework aimed at assessing capabilities of AI agents in handling practical code-repair challenges.