New York – The overwhelming majority of tech industry workers use artificial intelligence on the job for tasks like writing and modifying code, a new Google study has found.
The report, coming from Google’s DORA research division and based on 5,000 responses from technology professionals around the world, found that 90% of respondents are using AI in their job, up 14% from last year.
Google is one of many companies looking to capitalize on the shift to AI-assisted software development, it offers tools that range from free to $45 per month for helping with code generation and deploying agents that can handle software development tasks.
And the company faces widespread competition, not just from rivals like Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic but also AI coding startups such as Replit and Anysphere, which are seeing their valuations soar as tech companies increasingly adopt AI.
The adoption of AI tools comes at a challenging time for entry-level tech workers.
The unemployment rate for recent computer science and computer engineering graduates is now higher than that for fields like art history and English, according to The New York Fed, and job listings for software engineering roles on Indeed fell by 71% between February 2022 and August 2025.
