Can AI help solve the COBOL code crisis?

October 26, 2026 Robert Hart

Summary

Major institutions like government agencies, banks, and airlines continue to rely on aging programming languages to run their core systems. Because this legacy code is outdated and difficult to manage, organizations are facing a significant technological crisis. Experts are now exploring whether artificial intelligence can offer a viable solution to modernize these vulnerable infrastructures.

A computer running COBOL 73, an antiquated computer programming language, awaits taxpayer information entries at the Internal Revenue Service in Austin, Tx., on Friday, June 10, 2022. | Image: Getty Images What do the IRS, banks, airlines, and government infrastructure around the world have in common? They're all running on systems propped up by antique computer code that nobody dares…

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