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Do reported AI coding gains translate into real productivity improvements?

Google says its Gemini 4 Argon model raised agentic code submissions at its own teams by more than 35%, but the figures are internal and unverified. Separately, Microsoft researchers describe AI performance degrading in longer, multi-turn work, and Linux kernel reporting suggests AI use in code is often not disclosed.

CREDIBILITY 3/5 – Partly robust

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