AI Is Writing More of Your Code Than Ever. Your Process Hasn’t Caught Up.
A CloudBees survey of more than 200 enterprise technology leaders found that 81% reported an increase in production issues linked to AI-generated code, even as 92% remained confident their code was production-ready before shipping. This article examines the verification gap created when AI generates code faster than teams can validate it, the rising and largely untracked costs that follow, the absence of clear governance ownership, and the practical steps engineering leaders can take to close the gap.