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AI Now Writes 30% of Microsoft’s Code, Says CEO Satya Nadella
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Last Updated: May 1, 2025
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed on Tuesday that artificial intelligence now generates between 30% and 100% of Microsoft’s code, as reported by CNBC.
In a rush? Here are the quick facts:
- Nadella says AI-written code is growing, especially in languages like Python.
- Meta expects half of its development could be AI-driven within a year.
- Google claims over 30% of its new code is also AI-generated.
“I’d say maybe 20%, 30% of the code that is inside of our repos today and some of our projects are probably all written by software,” Nadella said during a live discussion with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Meta’s first-ever LlamaCon AI conference in California, as reported by CNBC.
Nadella noted that the percentage of AI-generated code continues to grow, especially in the Python programming language, while C++ remains challenging for AI systems, as reported by TechCrunch. Microsoft has explained that artificial intelligence has become an established component of its software development processes.
During the discussion about Meta’s AI coding practices, Zuckerberg failed to provide specific numbers but confirmed the company is developing an AI system to build future versions of its Llama AI models.
“Our bet is sort of that in the next year probably … maybe half the development is going to be done by AI, as opposed to people, and then that will just kind of increase from there,” Zuckerberg said, as reported by CNBC.
Major tech companies continue to implement AI systems that take over various tasks once performed manually by developers. The launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 triggered widespread AI adoption for coding, customer service operations, and marketing content production.
Microsoft’s CTO forecasts that AI will generate 95% of all code by 2030—pointing toward a future where manual coding may become nearly obsolete, as noted by TechCrunch.
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