AI coding adoption rate hits 97%, Black Duck study reveals
In its State of AI-Powered Software Development report released today, application security provider Black Duck found that of more than 800 respondents, AI coding has reached a 97% adoption rate. The study also showed that these tools are more productive than human developers, but they introduce bottlenecks in the areas of security, code review and governance.
According to the study, the most urgent problem for organization s adopting AI-powered development is that governance processes have not been able to keep up with the sheer volume of code being delivered. It found that 68% of developers say that having an automated system for racking where AI-generated code is deployed is extremely important, as it provides a way to measure the impact of that code on debugging, security and accountability. Only about a third of respondents, though, said their teams have full governance in place for AI coding tool adoption and oversight.
But developers who say their teams have full governance in place reported they are 55% more likely to see a big improvement in efficiency.
Further, 90% of respondents say their teams encounter some issue with AI-generated code, including bottlenecks emerging in manual review (52%), security testing (51%) and code rework (48%). This shows that AI shifts the effort of developers from code creationto validation, testing and remediation.
These numbers support what SD Times has been reporting, and show that until trust in AI reaches a level where the code it generates also is tested, validated and ensures security, developers, testers and security engineers will continue to be more than just in the loop; their work becomes ever more critical because of the dangers AI can cause.
In fact, according to the study, 64% of respondents said they are moderately or extremely concerned about AI code creating security defects or vulnerabilities with 56% preferring a dedicated AI security agent separate from the code development tool. And, the report revealed that 84% of respondents prefer human oversight as “a critical check in the AI-assisted SDLC.”
“AI coding assistants have permanently changed the economics of software development, and the productivity numbers make that undeniable,” said Jason Schmitt, CEO at Black Duck. “But the data also clearly shows that speed without governance is a liability, not an advantage. As AI-generated code volume and expectations increase, the winners with AI are the ones building automated security and governance guardrails that scale alongside their development velocity.”
Black Duck partnered with research firm UserEvidence on the survey.
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