By Steven Melendez
Publication Date: 2026-03-03 13:00:00
Software engineering should be artificial intelligence’s easiest victory. Today, companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, and Google have all released AI products specifically aimed at coding. And a survey of nearly 5,000 technology professionals published last year in a report by Google’s DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team found that 90 percent of respondents said they used AI at work — and more than 80 percent said the technology had increased their productivity.
“We see a large majority of people relying on AI to get their work done, at least to a moderate extent, which is really fascinating,” says Nathen Harvey, who leads the DORA team.
AI can generate code for everything from web and mobile apps to data management tools. It often automates some of the tedious elements of the work, such as: B. building a testing infrastructure and updating software to run on new devices and systems. In some cases, even inexperienced developers can…
