AI coding agents gain trust, Cursor sees surge in unsupervised code changes

According to Business Insider, AI coding agents are increasingly trusted by developers to work independently without human supervision. New data from AI programming assistant Cursor shows a significant surge in the share of AI-generated code changes that go directly to production without extra manual review in the past six months.

This trend indicates that developers are more comfortable letting AI take on more tasks in the software development process. While Cursor hasn't directly measured the quality of AI-generated code, platform data shows a marked increase in the retention rate of AI-produced code, suggesting developers find AI code more reliable.