Matt Van Itallie, Founder and CEO of Sema, talks about their products and services that assess code quality, risk, and discipline. They explore the distinctions between functional and non-functional code, the generative AI bill of materials, and the challenges of determining code origins. They also discuss their preference for working in fast growth and turnaround situations.
SEMA offers products and services to assess and manage code quality, cyber risk, and team risk.
SEMA's AI code monitor helps organizations evaluate the origin and composition of their code, including AI-generated code, for legal and security implications.
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SEMA: Assessing and Managing Code Quality, Risk, and Discipline
SEMA is a company that specializes in helping companies assess and manage the quality, risk, and discipline of their code base. They offer various products and services, including AI code monitoring, CTO dashboards, and code base scans. SEMA's products can be used to assess cyber risk, internal security risk, third-party risk, code quality, process quality, and team risk. Their focus is not just on the lines of code, but also on the team and development process. By providing tools and analysis, SEMA aims to address code quality issues that organizations may face.
SEMA's AI Code Monitor and the Importance of Code Provenance
SEMA's AI code monitor product evaluates the provenance of code, distinguishing between code purely written by humans, code partially written by humans and partially generated by AI, and code purely written by AI. This evaluation helps organizations understand the origin and composition of their code. Knowing the proportion of AI-generated code is important because it has legal, security, and compliance implications. SEMA's tools assist chief technology officers and legal counsel in evaluating the risks associated with AI-generated code. They also provide developers with real-time notifications about compliance standards, comparing the code to a regulation database.
The Future of AI Code and Addressing Compliance Risk
As generative AI technologies, like the GPT agents, become more prevalent, SEMA recognizes the need to adapt and protect themselves from potential challenges. SEMA utilizes AI and LLMs to enhance their code detection capabilities. They position themselves as partners to AI language model (LLM) providers, recognizing that organizations will need to demonstrate the provenance of their code to meet various requirements from insurers, investors, and regulators. They emphasize the importance of preparing for compliance risk and the need for transparency in code composition using tools like SEMA's generated AI bill of materials (G-bomb). European organizations, in particular, should be mindful of stricter regulations and plan accordingly.
Welcome to the ChatGPT report, I'm your host Ryan and we have a very special guest with us today, His name is Matt Van Itallie and hes the Founder and CEO of Sema. Sema helps companies assess and manage the quality, risk, and discipline of their codebase. They offer a variety of products and services, including AI Code Monitor, CTO Dashboard, and Codebase Scans. Sema’s products can be used to assess cyber risk, internal security risk, third party risk, code quality, process quality, and team risk. Let's dive into what SEMA is and how they can change the market.
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