With lazy imports, JIT compilation, Python-generated C, or the Python-esque Mojo, it has never been easier to make Python go faster.

Alison Joslyn was biking through Shark Valley in Everglades National Park when she spotted an American alligator clamped onto a large Burmese python, chewing on the snake before swimming off with it still locked in its jaws.

The annual Florida Python Challenge is set to begin. Starting at 12:01 a.m. ET July 10 and concluding at 5 p.m. July 19, participants have the chance to win over $25,000 in prizes by removing invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida.

Nvidia Corp. NVDA CEO Jensen Huang said artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping software engineering by shifting developers away from repetitive coding tasks and toward building AI agents, systems and tools designed to automate complex work.

A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.

"We're not putting these animals out there and in harm's way. Harm's way is there. We're just documenting what is happening."

Eric Suarez, research program coordinator for University of Florida Croc Docs, holds a female python during a research trip to collect python eggs on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, from a nest the scientists have been tracking in the Everglades outside of Weston.