Spring 7 & Boot 4, Spring AI 1.0 and the road to 2.0, OpenJDK AI, Java 25 & 26, Jakarta EE 12, Gradle’s license changes, AI’s impact on tech layoffs, and the future of Agentic AI in Jakarta.

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News

Spring

• Spring Framework 7 and Spring Boot 4
• Spring AI 1.0 and the road to 2.0
• Spring Documentary

OpenJDK AI

• OpenJDK AI initiative
• https://openjdk.org/legal/ai
• Apache Generative Tooling Guidelines
• https://www.apache.org/legal/generative-tooling.html

Java

• Java 25
• https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/25/
• Java 26
• https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/26/

Jakarta EE

• Jakarta EE 12
• https://jakarta.ee/release/
• Jakarta Agentic AI

Build Tools

• Gradle GitHub Action licensing changes
• https://github.com/gradle/actions/releases/tag/v6.0.0

AI News

• What AI tools are we using or experimenting with?

Industry News

Layoffs and AI

• Oracle
• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/oracle-layoffs-ai-spending.html
• Block
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/josipamajic/2026/04/01/jack-dorsey-bets-4000-jobs-that-ai-can-replace-the-org-chart/
• Atlassian
• https://www.atlassian.com/blog/announcements/atlassian-team-update-march-2026