AI is increasingly used by big tech companies like Microsoft, Google, and Meta to write code, with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stating that AI writes up to 30% of code for some of its projects.
Google's CEO Sundar Pichai mentioned that over 30% of new code at Google is written by AI, and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg predicted that AI could handle half of Meta's developer work within a year.
Even companies like Salesforce are embracing AI for coding, with Marc Benioff mentioning that AI had increased engineering productivity by 30% and Microsoft's CTO Kevin Scott expecting that within five years, 95% of all code will be AI-generated.
While AI is being used to enhance coding efficiency, companies like Microsoft are considering job cuts aimed at middle managers and non-coders to increase the share of contributors who write code.