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Corporations drown in AI-written code as engineers struggle to keep up

Corporations drown in AI-written code as engineers struggle to keep up
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Corporations are rapidly adopting AI coding tools, but the surge in AI-generated code is overwhelming engineering teams and creating massive backlogs. Some companies report tenfold increases in output, resulting in millions of lines of code that still require human review to avoid bugs and security flaws. Developers say supervising AI tools while being pushed to produce more code is accelerating burnout, with researchers calling the mental strain AI brain fry. Companies are now torn between hiring more humans, enforcing strict manual reviews, or deploying even more AI to clean up the mess.

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