Link to section🤖 AI Tools
94% of respondents used AI tools regularly. 86% of Devin users worked at Japanese-headquartered companies, the highest share across employer types, while only 62% of Grok users did so.
Link to section⚙️ Use Cases
Code generation was the most frequent use case for AI tools.
While summarization was only used by 47% of respondents overall, among those that had a leadership role (Engineering Manager, CTO, etc.) it was used by 71% of respondents.
Link to section⚖️ AI Code Generation
33% of respondents were generating at least half the code they produced through AI.
Link to section⏱️ Code Generation Frequency
Developers who used AI more frequently tended to have less experience: the median was 10 years for those who never used it, compared to 6 years for those who used it constantly.
Link to section😖 Pain Points
Hallucinations and code quality were the top concerns respondents had about AI tools, regardless of gender. However, women were significantly more worried about broader social issues. Ethical concerns were cited by 36% of women compared to 19% of men, privacy concerns by 32% of women compared to 21% of men, and environmental impact by 28% of women compared to 18% of men.
Link to section🏭 Productivity
Only 16% of respondents disagreed that AI tools made them a lot more productive.
Link to section🔒 Job Security
Only 19% of respondents saw AI as a threat to their job security.