Google says 75% of company's new code is AI-generated
Original: Google says 75% of the company's new code is AI-generated
Why This Matters
Demonstrates rapid enterprise adoption of AI coding tools transforming software development
Google announced Wednesday that three-quarters of its new code is now AI-generated and reviewed by human engineers, up from 25% in October 2024. The company has been pushing employees to adopt AI tools for coding and other tasks.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is shifting to 'truly agentic workflows' with engineers running more autonomous tasks. A recent complex code migration completed by AI agents and engineers working together was done six times faster than with engineers alone. Google's engineers use Gemini models for code generation, with some given specific AI goals factored into performance reviews. Some Google DeepMind employees have been permitted to use Anthropic's Claude Code. Other tech giants are following similar paths - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said 20-30% of some project code was AI-written, while Meta set goals for 55% of code changes to be 'Agent-Assisted' in Q4 2025.