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The blank-check AI coding era is dead. Here’s what comes next.

Microsoft is ending the blank-check era of AI coding assistance, shifting from encouraging broad use of its tools to demanding measurable productivity gains from engineers. The company's new approach focuses on quantifying the impact of AI coding tools rather than relying on unchecked adoption.

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Microsoft spent the first phase of the AI coding boom pushing its engineers to use the tools. Now it wants

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