https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-ai-software-code.html

AI is already writing almost one-third of new software code,
study shows

by Complexity Science Hub

Generative AI is reshaping software development?and fast.
A new study published in Science shows that AI-assisted
coding is spreading rapidly, though unevenly: in the U.S.,
the share of new code relying on AI rose from 5% in 2022
to 29% in early 2025, compared with just 12% in China.
AI usage is highest among less experienced programmers,
but productivity gains go to seasoned developers.

The software industry is enormous. In the U.S. economy
alone, firms spend an estimated $600 billion a year in
wages on coding-related work. Every day, billions of lines
of code keep the global economy running. How is AI
changing this backbone of modern life?

A research team led by the Complexity Science Hub (CSH)
found that by the end of 2024, around one-third of all
newly written software functions?self-contained subroutines
in a computer program?in the United States were already
being created with the support of AI systems.

"We analyzed more than 30 million Python contributions
from roughly 160,000 developers on GitHub, the world's
largest collaborative programming platform," says Simone
Daniotti of CSH and Utrecht University.

. . .

So, programmers are the new blacksmiths.

Looks like I retired at exactly the right time.

Hey, every once in awhile you NEED a blacksmith ...
or maybe DID before 3-D metal printing .......



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c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> writes:

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-ai-software-code.html
AI is already writing almost one-third of new software code,
study shows
by Complexity Science Hub

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A research team led by the Complexity Science Hub (CSH)
found that by the end of 2024, around one-third of all
newly written software functions?self-contained subroutines
in a computer program?in the United States were already
being created with the support of AI systems.

"We analyzed more than 30 million Python contributions
from roughly 160,000 developers on GitHub, the world's
largest collaborative programming platform," says Simone
Daniotti of CSH and Utrecht University.

So, programmers are the new blacksmiths.
Looks like I retired at exactly the right time.
Hey, every once in awhile you NEED a blacksmith ...
or maybe DID before 3-D metal printing .......

My 2cts.

I'm inclined to think that this is mostly a replacement of existing
fancyness in the realm of code completion and the use of templates.

The study does not say anything about that.

Also, I wonder how accurately they can determine how the code was written since, well, the generated code is constructed using statistics based
on code originally written by humans.

Furthermore, quite a lot of code these days is reformatted to comply
with guidelines, especially Python-code, which makes identifying
AI-generated code more difficult.

The modified tooling costs quite a lot more CPU-cycles and memory,
but doesn't bring real advancement (FAFAIKS), but quite a lot of people
cannot escape it since certain IDE's make in inescapable
(MS's VS for example).

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On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:55:03 -0000 (UTC), Bob Vloon wrote:

Also, I wonder how accurately they can determine how the code was written
...

Don?t worry, they?re using AI techniques for that.

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Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

Also, I wonder how accurately they can determine how the code was written
...

Don?t worry, they?re using AI techniques for that.

Yup ;)

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