Overview
- Google said in a Wednesday blog post that AI now drafts about 75% of its new code, which engineers then approve.
- Leaders described a move to agentic workflows, where software agents handle multi-step tasks and engineers focus on review and architecture, and Pichai said a complex migration finished six times faster than a year ago.
- At Cloud Next 2026, Google introduced two new AI chips, a Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, and plans to invest up to $185 billion in infrastructure to run these agents.
- Google has not defined how it measures the 75% share of “new code,” leaving it unclear whether it counts lines, accepted suggestions, commits, pull requests, or merged changes.
- Rivals are making similar shifts, with Microsoft, Meta, and Snap reporting rising shares of AI-written code in their software development.