Developers use AI heavily but remain cautious about trusting its answers

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  Stack Overflow's latest survey received 30,903 responses from developers and technologists in 169 countries.

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  Among 10,926 daily AI users who answered a time-use question, about 80 percent said they used AI tools for at least an hour a day.

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  Nearly a third of daily AI users said they spent four or more hours of their working day using AI.

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  Only about 7 percent of developers said they trusted AI output for important work decisions, while 48 percent trusted it when they could easily verify the output.

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  Seventy-nine percent said source attribution was important or very important when deciding whether to trust an AI-generated technical answer.

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  Coding assistants or agents were used by 66 percent of respondents, while 17 percent said they did not use AI tools.

Who

Stack Overflow and developers and technologists who responded to its survey

What

A survey examined developers' AI use, trust in AI output and learning resources

When

Published October 10, 2026

Where

169 countries

Why

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