--- title: The State of AI Impact in Engineering: Q2 2026 | daily.dev description: DX's Q2 2026 report analyzing AI impact across 500+ engineering teams reveals that over 50% of code is now AI-generated (up from 34% in Q1), but the picture is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-state-of-ai-impact-in-engineering-q2-2026-ynv5kqw0q twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The State of AI Impact in Engineering: Q2 2026 | daily.dev og:description: DX's Q2 2026 report analyzing AI impact across 500+ engineering teams reveals that over 50% of code is now AI-generated (up from 34% in Q1), but the picture is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-state-of-ai-impact-in-engineering-q2-2026-ynv5kqw0q og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Ynv5kqW0Q.png og:image:alt: The State of AI Impact in Engineering: Q2 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The State of AI Impact in Engineering: Q2 2026 **[Engineering Enablement](https://daily.dev/sources/engineering_enablement)** · 4 min read · 5 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary DX's Q2 2026 report analyzing AI impact across 500+ engineering teams reveals that over 50% of code is now AI-generated (up from 34% in Q1), but the picture is mixed. While developers save 4–6 hours per week, the Developer Experience Index dropped, PR sizes nearly doubled, and change confidence declined 6.1% even as code maintainability improved. AI spend surged from ~$1.5K to ~$44K per quarter at the median, yet the innovation ratio remained flat — meaning saved time isn't converting into new feature work. Engineering leaders are urged to move beyond velocity metrics and focus on downstream ROI, quality, and resolving systemic bottlenecks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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