AI agents are great at writing new code — but then the human bottleneck slows everything down

A Harvard study found that AI tools increase code output by 30 percent without increasing finished software. The extra volume shifts delays to human code review, which now averages over ten days per request. Teams must direct more staff toward correcting and evaluating generated code.

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