Devs Don't Trust AI Code - But Many Say They Still Don't Check It Anyways
techradar.pro, Monday, January 12th, 2026
96% of developers admit they don't fully trust AI-generated code
Sonar's latest State of Code Developer Survey has found almost all (96%) developers say they don't fully trust AI-generated code to be functionally correct, despite widespread use, and even worse, many don't check their AI-generated code properly.
Currently, around 42% of developers' code is said to be AI-generated (up a significant amount from just 6% in 2023), but this is expected to rise to around 65% by 2027.