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AI is helping coders save time — but it's leading to more slop content than ever before

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  • Coding is more accessible and developers are submitting more lines of code than ever
  • Reviewers face more work without a clear understanding of whether AI was involved
  • The Linux Foundation calls for "governance, transparency and trust mechanisms"

A new Linux Foundation report has confirmed what we've all been thinking – while AI has proven to cut code writing time down considerably, it's not actually improving the quality.

Researchers found that artificial intelligence can reduce the amount of time it takes to write code by a staggering 52%, and yet a quarter (25%) of pull requests are still being described as low-quality 'AI slop'.

While there are clear benefits (71% of maintainers agree AI has helped to lower the barrier to entry), AI is ultimately pushing problems further downstream instead of offering a net boost.

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