AI writes a lot of software. Now, human code review is starting to disappear.

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AI coding agents are increasingly being trusted to work without human oversight.

New data from Cursor shows the share of AI-generated code changes reaching production without a separate manual review step has jumped in the past six months.

This suggests developers are becoming more comfortable letting AI handle larger chunks of the software-development process on its own.

While Cursor doesn't directly measure the quality of fully autonomous code, it says AI-generated code is surviving at higher rates than before, a sign that developers are finding the output increasingly reliable.


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