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Google has announced a deepening level of AI adoption within the company, saying that 75% of new code developed internally is now generated by artificial intelligence. The figure reflects rapid growth over a little more than a year, rising from about 25% in October 2024 to 50% by last autumn.
In a new blog post, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is moving toward “truly autonomous” workflows, where engineers handle more automated tasks. To support this shift, Google engineers are using the Gemini model to generate code.
Google also said it has set specific AI-related goals for some employees, and that these goals will be incorporated into performance KPIs this year.
Google’s push is not without internal tensions. The company said that allowing some Google DeepMind employees to use Claude Code from competitor Anthropic in recent months has caused friction within the organization.
Google’s announcement comes as other major technology companies accelerate AI-assisted software development.
Taken together, the announcements suggest a widening shift in software development practices, with companies moving from AI assistance toward more automated or agent-supported coding workflows and, in some cases, tying AI usage to employee performance measures.
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