In some ways, Java was the key language for machine learning and AI before Python stole its crown. Important pieces of the data science ecosystem, like Apache Spark, started out in the Java universe.

When attackers compromised Ultralytics YOLO, a popular real-time object detection machine-learning package for Python, most assumed the Python Package Index, or PyPI, must be the point of failure.

PyTorch is an open-source machine learning library. While it can be used for a wide range of tasks, it is particularly helpful for the training and inference of deep learning tasks, like computer ...

Python''s popularity is surging. In 2025, it achieved a record 26.14% TIOBE index rating, the highest any language has ever ...