---
id: 1309
title: "Can chatbots craft correct code?"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/12/19/can-chatbots-craft-correct-code/"
published_at: "2025-12-19 12:00"
tags: ["ai-security", "ai-safety", "llm", "formal-verification", "code-generation", "program-analysis", "determinism"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1309"
lang: en
---

# Can chatbots craft correct code?

## Summary

Unlike compilers, LLMs lack determinism and semantic guarantees, making them useful coding assistants but unreliable for autonomous code generation without human review and formal verification.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2025-12-19 12:00
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/12/19/can-chatbots-craft-correct-code/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1309