# Alphabet's CEO said on the Q3 2024 earnings call that more than a quarter of all new code at Google is generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20241029-junior-software-developer-1
Date: 2024-10-29 · Stage: Deployment
Can this record move a task judgement? yes
Occupation: https://flyvolo.ai/en/careers/junior-software-developer

## Scope

One large technology company, company-reported, with no definition of how 'generated' is measured (autocomplete versus whole functions). Says nothing about hiring; the review step stayed with engineers.

## Source

- Google — CEO remarks, Alphabet Q3 2024 earnings call — https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/alphabet-earnings-q3-2024/ (primary source)

## What this means

A deployment record for both linked tasks from one of the largest engineering organisations: more than a quarter of new code generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers. It shows routine code production running through generation at production scale and — in the same sentence — the review step staying with people, which is the 'reviewing generated code' task appearing as a standing part of the workflow.

## What it does not show yet

'More than a quarter' comes from a CEO on an earnings call with no definition of 'generated' — a tab-completed line and a whole function count the same — so it cannot be read as a share of engineering work. Google says nothing about junior hiring, and its review culture and tooling are not a typical employer's; the figure describes one company's pipeline, not the market for entry-level developers.

## How to verify it yourself

In your own last 20 merged pull requests, count how many lines you accepted from a completion or generation tool versus typed, and how many review comments landed on generated versus hand-written sections; that pair of numbers is your personal version of Google's figure and shows which of the two tasks you are actually being paid for.


More: https://flyvolo.ai/llms.txt