Google CEO says more than a quarter of the company’s new code is created by AI

Google is all in on AI — both inside and outside the company.

More than a quarter of new code created at Google is generated by AI, CEO Sundar Pichai said on Tuesday during the company’s Q3 earnings call.

Pichai said using AI for coding was “boosting productivity and efficiency” within Google. After the code is generated, it’s then checked and reviewed by employees, he added.

“This helps our engineers do more and move faster,” Pichai said. “I’m energized by our progress and the opportunities ahead, and we continue to be laser-focused on building great products.”

B-17 reported in February that the company had launched a new internal AI model named “Goose” to help employees code and build products.

Goose was trained on “25 years of engineering expertise at Google,” according to internal documents seen by B-17.

The new data from Pichai will surely have some employees wondering whether they’re coding themselves out of a job, while other employees say AI has already transformed their work. Company leaders have previously promised that AI isn’t taking Googlers’ jobs (yet), but the over-25% figure is striking and underscores the benefits of improving this technology.