Cognida.ai Launches Codien: An AI Agent to Modernize Legacy Test Automation and Fast-Track Test Creation

**Executive Summary:** Codien by Cognida.ai is an AI-powered desktop tool that converts legacy Protractor/Selenium test suites into Playwright at scale and generates new Playwright tests from plain-English prompts; the release highlights local-first data privacy (only minimal snippets sent to LLMs), real-time conversion and validation, cross-platform availability (macOS/Windows/Linux), and a pay-as-you-go pricing model aimed at engineering and QA teams.