Overview
- Google and Microsoft report AI generating 30% of new code, with some projects at Microsoft nearly fully automated.
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg projects that AI will write most or all of the code for its Llama projects within 12–18 months.
- Zuckerberg claims AI will soon surpass top human engineers, autonomously writing, testing, and optimizing higher-quality code.
- Duolingo and Shopify are restructuring workforce policies, replacing contractors with AI and requiring teams to justify new hires by proving tasks cannot be done by AI.
- Industry leaders, including Anthropic and OpenAI, predict AI could generate up to 90–100% of code by the end of 2025, though these projections remain speculative.