Most companies don’t use AI for coding

Artificial intelligence can be used for a great many things, and one of them is coding. Right out of the gate, ChatGPT could generate sections of code, and that functionality has only improved across the entire generative AI landscape. However, it appears that companies don’t want to use AI for coding.

This report comes from Jfrog, a company that provides numerous software solutions for brands. JFrog did a survey on companies using AI Solutions for different purposes. The company used its own data from more than 7,000 organizations along with CVE analysis by the JFrog Security Research team along with data from a third-party survey that included 1,200 professionals from around the world. So, this data is from a wide range of companies and individuals.

A survey reveals that most companies don’t use AI for coding

With how much AI technology has advanced since November 2022, we are certain that modern AI chatbots are capable of producing some complicated and well-written code. So, it seems a bit odd that more enterprise companies aren’t jumping on the AI coding train. Many companies are all about streamlining production and maximizing productivity. However, they seem apprehensive about using AI for coding.

The data from the survey reveals that even though a ton of companies use AI/ML (artificial intelligence and machine learning) services, only a small number of them actually use the technology for coding. Only 32% admitted to doing so. So, 67% of the sample audience would rather input code the good old-fashioned way.

Security reigns supreme

This doesn’t mean that companies are not using AI/ML products at all. In fact, it appears that the majority of these companies are using AI for security. According to the survey, a scale tipping 90% of the companies revealed that they use AI/ML tools for security.

One important thing that the report brought to light is the fact that security seems to be one of the biggest things holding companies back in terms of productivity. According to the survey, 47%, nearly half of the companies and people surveyed reported that they use between four and nine security solutions. About a third admit to using more than 10 Solutions.

Also, about 40% of this survey respondents said that getting approval to use a new package or library typically takes a week. So, that seems to be a week’s worth of productivity lost.  Along with that, security teams say that they spend about a quarter of their time just remediating vulnerabilities.

So, security seems to be one of the spots where AI technology is most used. Certain tools can help automate certain tasks so that human beings can spend their time doing other tasks. So, companies aren’t using AI for coding as much, but definitely using it more for cyber security