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AI Coding Agents Gain Trust As Developers Skip Reviews

AI coding agents are increasingly being trusted to work without human oversight.

New data from Cursor shows the share of AI-generated code changes reaching production without a separate manual review step has jumped in the past six months.

This suggests developers are becoming more comfortable letting AI handle larger chunks of the software-development process on its own.

While Cursor doesn’t directly measure the quality of fully autonomous code, it says AI-generated code is surviving at higher rates than before, a sign that developers are finding the output increasingly reliable.

A line chart showing the share of AI-generated code changes reaching production without separate manual review rose from 7% at the start of 2026 to to 36.3% in mid-May.

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