AI is in 92% of testing pipelines. So why are defects going up?
A year ago, 60% of organizations said they used AI in software testing. Today it is 92%.
That jump comes from Applause’s State of Digital Quality in Functional Testing 2026, the company’s fifth annual industry report. Only 8% of respondents say they don’t use AI for any part of testing, and 89% say it has changed how they test applications and digital experiences. By any measure, AI in the testing pipeline has stopped being an experiment.
The quality results haven’t followed. Twenty-nine percent of respondents report that the number or severity of functional defects has gone up, and 15% say both have increased. For technology leaders who approved AI tooling on the promise of shipping faster without sacrificing quality, that is an uncomfortable finding.
Faster code, same old validation
The report suggests a mismatch between how quickly AI speeds up development and how quickly quality practices have adapted. Respondents...
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