Merged pull requests generated by AI coding agent

Another compelling data point was shared at GitHub Universe this year: within the first five months of the release of Copilot coding agent, GitHub’s autonomous agent that can generate pull requests, issues, or tasks, developers used it to merge more than 1 million pull requests.

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GitHub. "The new identity of a developer: What changes and what doesn’t in the AI era." 2025, https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/the-new-identity-of-a-developer-what-changes-and-what-doesnt-in-the-ai-era/. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ5Z.

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@misc{github2025merged50cq5z, author = {{GitHub}}, title = {The new identity of a developer: What changes and what doesn’t in the AI era}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ5Z}, note = {Original source: https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/the-new-identity-of-a-developer-what-changes-and-what-doesnt-in-the-ai-era/. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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