Across three company field experiments with 4,867 software developers, access to an AI coding assistant increased completed tasks by 26.08% on average; less-experienced developers adopted the tool more and gained more.

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Claim LD02-HQ-C13 (v1.0)

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Claim type: Estimate
Publication status: Eligible for publication, with qualifiers: institutional position
Verification state: Checked against the primary source. Who checked this claim is not recorded for it; claim checks so far were AI-led, and no person has checked claims against their sources.
Does not license: Developer employment decline; defect/quality effect beyond measured endpoints; all coding contexts
Limitations: Individual experiments noisy; selected companies; institutional-position disclosure required
Source (as cited): Cui et al., “The Effects of Generative AI on High-Skilled Work,” Management Science, 2026
Source type: Peer-reviewed journal article (recorded as “Peer-reviewed journal article”)
Institutional position: Mixed; includes Microsoft Research affiliation
Maturity of the evidence: Mature evidence
Recorded date: 25 September 2026
Currentness / correction: This is the current version. No correction or concern is recorded on its sources.

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Cui et al., “The Effects of Generative AI on High-Skilled Work,” Management Science, 2026 (Peer-reviewed journal article)
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2	PUBLIC-FACING CLAIM	Across three company field experiments with 4,867 software developers, access to an AI coding assistant increased completed tasks by 26.08% on average; less-experienced developers adopted the tool more and gained more.	—
3	CLAIM TYPE	ESTIMATE	base_types: ESTIMATE
4	RESEARCH STRAND	B — Task-level productivity and quality	—
5	MATURITY	MATURE	states: MATURE
6	SOURCE	Cui et al., “The Effects of Generative AI on High-Skilled Work,” Management Science, 2026	source_ids: SRC-LD02-CUI-MANAGEMENT-SCIENCE-2026
7	SOURCE TYPE	Peer-reviewed journal article	classes: PEER_REVIEWED_JOURNAL_ARTICLE
8	INSTITUTIONAL POSITION	Mixed; includes Microsoft Research affiliation	—
9	SCOPE	Three company developer experiments	—
10	DESIGN	Randomised field experiments	—
11	SAMPLE / DATASET	4,867 developers	—
12	MODEL / TOOL / VERSION	AI coding assistant / GitHub Copilot environment	—
13	COMPARATOR	Randomised no-access/control	—
14	MAIN RESULT	+26.08% completed tasks pooled; SE 10.3%; larger gains for less-experienced developers	—
15	INFERENTIAL TARGET	Developer task-output effect of assigned AI access	—
16	DOES NOT LICENSE	Developer employment decline; defect/quality effect beyond measured endpoints; all coding contexts	—
17	VERIFICATION STATE	CONTENT VERIFIED	state: CONTENT_VERIFIED_PRIMARY · verified_by: UNKNOWN
18	LIMITATIONS	Individual experiments noisy; selected companies; institutional-position disclosure required	—
19	CONTRADICTORY / SUPPORTING SOURCES	Consistent with novice-gain pattern in customer support	—
20	GEOGRAPHY / LANGUAGE	Multicompany / English	—
21	DISTRIBUTIONAL LEDGER	Less-experienced developers benefit more	—
22	R01 / FIELD-MAP LINKS	D2, L-A, R-2	—
23	WHAT WOULD CHANGE THIS CLAIM?	Larger preregistered replications showing materially different pooled effect	—
24	PUBLICATION STATUS	ELIGIBLE WITH INSTITUTIONAL-POSITION QUALIFIER	state: ELIGIBLE · qualifiers: INSTITUTIONAL_POSITION
25	RECORDED DATE	2026-09-25	—

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SocioLens project. (2026, September 25). Across three company field experiments with 4,867 software developers, access to an AI coding assistant increased completed tasks by 26.08% on average; less-experienced developers adopted the tool more and gained more [Claim LD02-HQ-C13, version v1.0]. SocioLens. https://sociolens-web.pages.dev/claims/ld02-hq-c13/v1.0/

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