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How close are we?

Four big questions about AI, answered with numbers that companies and researchers have measured. Predicted dates are marked on each chart.

AI writing code

75%

Google: share of new code written by AI

22 Apr 2026. Google, Sundar Pichai shares news from Google Cloud Next 2026

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Google says three quarters of its new code is now written by AI and checked by engineers, up from about a quarter in late 2024.

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AI doing real jobs

21.3%

Remote Labor Index: share of real freelance jobs AI does as well as a professional

9 Oct 2026 (Value on the CAIS dashboard when checked; not a publication date). Center for AI Safety, AI Dashboard

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Given real paid freelance jobs, the best AI now hands in work a client would accept about 1 time in 5, up from 1 in 40 a year earlier.

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