--- title: "Google CEO Says 25 Percent of Its Code Is Now AI-Generated" description: "During Google's latest quarterly earnings call, the tech giant's CEO boasted that a large percentage of its new code is written by AI." date: "2024-10-30" modified: "2024-10-30" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/google-ceo-code-ai" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Google" tags: - "ai code" - "Google" - "sundar pichai" - "the digest" --- # Google CEO Says 25 Percent of Its Code Is Now AI-Generated ![During Google's latest quarterly earnings call, the tech giant's CEO boasted that a large percentage of its new code is written by AI.]() *\Image: Alain Jocard / AFP via Getty\* ## Code Caller During Google's latest quarterly earnings call, the tech giant's CEO boasted that a large percentage of its new code is written by artificial intelligence. In the Q3 call that reported [both shares and revenue are up](), CEO Sundar Pichai noted that a whopping 25 percent of Google's code is being generated by AI — though of course, there's a catch. "Today, more than a quarter of all new code at Google is generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers," the CEO said during the call, a transcript of which was [published by the company]() shortly thereafter. "This helps our engineers do more and move faster." The part of Pichai's proclamation about engineers doing more and moving "faster" may be complicated by the reality of AI programming assistants, which have been found to [insert errors into code](), [infringe on copyright](), and in some cases even [cause outages](). When cases like the aforementioned present themselves, programmers — who are now forced to [become AI prompt masters]() — have to [manually fix any issues]() created by their AI helpers. Though he didn't mention it outright, Google's CEO even alluded to those necessary human hours by noting that all the company's AI-generated code has to be reviewed and accepted by engineers. The entire state of play begs the question: [wouldn't it be faster and far less tedious]() to just let the programmers do their jobs? ## Overview Oversight While Pichai didn't note exactly which of the company's AI products are writing the code, he did mention a few of its other offerings in the same subsection of the Q3 call, including its [newly-rebranded Gemini chatbot]() and its Notebook Language Model (LM), an [AI note-taking app](). The CEO went on to boast about Google Search's AI Overviews, which the company has newly rolled out in more than a hundred new countries this week and which, per Pichai, "leads to users coming to Search more often for more of their information needs, driving additional search queries." "We're seeing strong engagement," he continued, "which is increasing overall search usage and user satisfaction." Naturally, the CEO didn't mention in the investor call that the company's AI Overviews in Search have not only been [repeatedly proven]() to be [full of incorrect information](), but are now also being [stuffed with irritating ads]() that nobody wants. With the AI revolution fully underfoot, it appears that at Google — as with [Microsoft, Meta](), and most other firms that are [all-in on the burgeoning technology]() — the [emperor has no clothes](). Luckily for Pichai, the company's [investors don't seem to care](). **More on Google's AI gamble:** [*Yet Another Tech Giant Throws Its Weight Behind Nuclear As AI's Monstrous Power Demands Spike*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()