46%About 5 in 10of developers distrusted the accuracy of AI tools in 2025, more than the 33% who trusted it
46% of developers distrusted the accuracy of AI tools in 2025, more than the 33% who trusted it (2025, Stack Overflow, Stack Overflow Developer Survey)
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46% of developers distrusted the accuracy of AI tools in 2025, more than the 33% who trusted it (2025).
46%
the latest figure (2025)
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Why you can trust it. Stack Overflow, Stack Overflow Developer Survey: survey, sampled survey with a published method. 49,000+ responses from 177 countries; self-selected online survey.
46% of developers distrusted the accuracy of AI tools in 2025, more than the 33% who trusted it
Data period
2025 (ends 29 Jul 2025)
Published by the source
29 Jul 2025
Who is counted
49,000+ responses from 177 countries; self-selected online survey.
In the source's words
More developers actively distrust the accuracy of AI tools (46%) than trust it (33%)
Checked at source
23 Oct 2026: Read on survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/ai (n = 33,244). Matches data.js. Only 3% highly trust.
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Survey data under the Open Database Licence (ODbL 1.0). Self-selected online survey, mostly Stack Overflow users; not a random sample of all developers. Question wording changes between years.
Next expected update
31 Oct 2027 (Stack Overflow, yearly (2026 results 6 Oct 2026))
No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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Stack Overflow. (2025). 46% of developers distrusted the accuracy of AI tools in 2025, more than the 33% who trusted it. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/web-development/developers-distrusting-ai-accuracy-2025
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"46% of developers distrusted the accuracy of AI tools in 2025, more than the 33% who trusted it." Stack Overflow, Stack Overflow Developer Survey, 2025. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/web-development/developers-distrusting-ai-accuracy-2025.
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What is the latest figure for AI tools (Global)?
46% of developers distrusted the accuracy of AI tools in 2025, more than the 33% who trusted it, for 2025, according to Stack Overflow, Stack Overflow Developer Survey. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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