Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that more than 75% of the new source code at Google is currently created by artificial intelligence (AI), marking a major shift in the way technology corporations operate and develop products.
This figure is a sharp increase compared to 50% just a few months ago, showing that the rate of AI application within businesses is increasing rapidly.
According to Mr. Pichai's sharing, Google has used AI to support programming for a long time, but now the company is moving towards an agent-based working model.
In which, engineers no longer directly write the entire source code but play the role of coordinating and monitoring AI systems to automatically perform tasks.
The code created by AI is still censored by humans before deployment, to ensure quality and safety.
A typical example is Google's recent "complex source code migration" project, implemented by a team combining engineers and AI experts.
As a result, the project was completed six times faster than the traditional method of relying solely on humans. This shows that AI not only supports but also redefines the software development process.
Not only Google, many technology giants such as Nvidia, Microsoft or Salesforce are also promoting AI integration internally.
Nvidia leader - Mr. Jensen Huang once affirmed that employees should use AI to the maximum instead of worrying about being replaced. Meanwhile, Meta is even said to have linked employee performance with the level of AI use.
However, the rapid development of major language models (LLM) also poses many risks.
Programming AI systems can make serious mistakes, from creating incorrect codes to mistakenly deleting data or generating security vulnerabilities.
Therefore, the supervisory role of humans is still considered an irreplaceable factor in the current period.
Mr. Richard Seroter, senior expert at Google Cloud, said that although the tools have changed, the core principles of engineers remain the same.
AI helps them reduce time for repetitive tasks, thereby focusing on more valuable tasks such as system design, product architecture and complex problem solving.
According to Mr. Seroter, the role of software engineers is gradually shifting to "product engineers" or "architects", as they operate and control AI systems instead of directly writing each line of code.
This is also a sign that the technology industry is entering a new stage, where AI becomes the central tool in every process.
Not only in programming, AI is also widely applied by Google in other departments. In the field of marketing, the company uses AI to create thousands of versions of advertising content in a short time.
According to Mr. Pichai, this helps shorten deployment time by 70% and increase the conversion rate by about 20%.
These changes show that Google is moving towards a future where AI not only supports, but also directly participates in the process of creating value.
In the next few years, the company's goal is to build a platform that allows businesses to develop and expand AI agents flexibly, opening up a era of deep automation in the technology industry.
