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AI coding assistant adoption becomes near-universal while governance lags in software development teams

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AI coding assistants are now used by 97% of software engineers and DevOps professionals, but only 30% have fully governed oversight, leaving security and compliance controls behind adoption. The most common assistants are GitHub Copilot and Claude Code, and many teams run more than one tool. The gap is shifting work toward manual review, security testing, and vulnerability fixing, which slows delivery and raises code-risk exposure.

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  1. 09.06.2026 18:00 2 articles · 1mo ago

    Survey finds AI coding assistant use is near universal while governance lags

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    UserEvidence’s March 2026 survey of 831 software engineers and DevOps professionals found 97% actively use AI coding assistants, but only 30% say oversight is fully governed. GitHub Copilot and Claude Code are the most used tools, many teams run more than one assistant, and respondents say the tools speed releases while shifting effort into manual review, security testing and vulnerability fixing.

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