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.

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

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.