By Thomas Claburn
Publication Date: 2026-01-09 20:55:00
Talk about letting things go! 96 percent of software developers believe that AI-generated code is functionally incorrect, but only 48 percent say they always review AI-generated code before adopting it.
This conveniently self-validating statistic comes from Sonar, a company that sells code review and verification software, in its State of Code Developer Survey.
Based on data from more than 1,100 developers worldwide, the survey finds that AI coding tools have become the norm and 72 percent of developers who have tried these tools use them daily or several times a day. And only six percent report occasional use, i.e. less than once a week.
Developers say 42 percent of their code includes significant AI model support, a share they expect to increase to 65 percent by 2027, up from just six percent in 2023.
