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AI to Write 90% of Code Within Year, Executives Say

5/2/2026

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AI Leaders Forecast Coding

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said AI now writes 75% of code.
OpenAI president Greg Brockman said AI tools rose from 20% to 80% of code generation and Codex needs human approval before merging.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted AI could write 90% of code in 3-6 months and all code in a year.
Leaders say AI is shifting from a support tool to the primary way code is built.

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AI Leaders Forecast Coding

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said AI now writes 75% of code.
OpenAI president Greg Brockman said AI tools rose from 20% to 80% of code generation and Codex needs human approval before merging.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted AI could write 90% of code in 3-6 months and all code in a year.
Leaders say AI is shifting from a support tool to the primary way code is built.

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