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The rise of AI coding tools and the skills gap they expose

The use of AI in coding is entering a state of mass adoption, with 94% of technology companies using AI coding assistants and 59% of developers using three or more AI tools at once.

The increased presence of AI tools within the developer community speaks to the need for greater efficiency to meet ever-looming deadline pressures in delivering high-quality products.

Read more at Security Journal UK.

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About Mend.io

Mend.io is built for every risk, across AI and AppSec. By securing the code layer and the AI layer—and the interactions between them, where modern application risk now lives—Mend.io extends proven AppSec workflows to the models, prompts, and agents inside today’s applications, delivering continuous protection across the entire AI application lifecycle.