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AI Coding Tools Boost Code Volume, Not Software Delivery
A study involving over 700 software companies revealed that AI coding assistants increase the volume of generated code by 30%, but do not enhance the overall production of software. The research found that the increased code volume creates delays in the subsequent human code review process, leading to a 49% rise in review times and nearly doubling the number of pull request revisions. As a result, companies did not observe any statistically significant improvement in the rate at which software features were completed, as tracked in Jira.
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