{"podcast":{"title":"GovCIO Media & Research Podcasts","slug":"govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090","podcast_index_feed_id":236090,"rss_url":"https://governmentcio-media-govcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://govciomedia.com/podcasts/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/a/3/d/0a3d1a2681f12d8ee5bbc093207a2619/GovCIO_All-Podcast_LOGO_2024.jpg","author":"GovCIO Media & Research","episode_count":448,"summary":"The GovCIO Media & Research podcast network comprises GovCast, AI GovCast, CyberCast and HealthCast featuring conversations with key leaders on timely issues impacting the federal IT landscape. Topics include cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, IT modernization, data analytics, workforce development and more. New episodes release weekly.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T12:19:10.040478+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090"},"episode":{"title":"Air Force Software Official: AI Should Reuse Code, Not Rewrite It | CyberCast","slug":"air-force-software-official-ai-should-reuse-code-not-rewrite-it-cybercast","published_at":"2026-08-11T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090/air-force-software-official-ai-should-reuse-code-not-rewrite-it-cybercast","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090","url":"https://govciomedia.com/podcasts/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/governmentcio-media-govcast/26_CyberCast_Kurt_Jarvis.mp3?dest-id=785468","summary":"Government software development pipelines are increasingly integrating AI coding assistants, but Air Force Sustainment Center Software Directorate CTO Kurt Jarvis said success depends on improving how developers use existing code, not just generating new code faster. Speaking with GovCIO Media & Research at the Carahsoft DevSecOps Conference, Jarvis outlined an engineer-first approach that uses retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), vector databases and established DevSecOps pipelines to safely accelerate software development. Jarvis said one of the biggest opportunities for AI is helping developers discover and reuse decades of trusted software already maintained by the Air Force. The goal, he said, is to make AI a code‑reuse engine, not a code‑generation machine. He also emphasized that AI has not changed the Air Force's software engineering standards. Existing CI/CD pipelines are still the foundation for evaluating AI-generated code. AI can accelerate development, Jarvis said, but engineering discipline and human oversight remain essential to producing mission-ready software.","meta_description":"Government software development pipelines are increasingly integrating AI coding assistants, but Air Force Sustainment Center Software Directorate CTO Kur…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":378,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090/episodes/air-force-software-official-ai-should-reuse-code-not-rewrite-it-cybercast/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090/air-force-software-official-ai-should-reuse-code-not-rewrite-it-cybercast.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}