NextByte Edition 13: Spring AI and the Future of Intelligent Java

For decades, Java has been the quiet backbone of systems we rely on every day. Reliable. Scalable. Trusted.

But as intelligence becomes a defining expectation of modern software, even the strongest foundations must learn to think.

This edition explores a subtle but important shift in how AI is entering the Java ecosystem. Not as a disruption, and not as a parallel experiment, but as a natural extension of the frameworks developers already know. A closer look at how Spring AI is helping teams move forward without leaving their core strengths behind.

Read on to understand what it means when intelligence becomes part of the architecture, not an add-on.