This week brought big news about AI coding helpers. A study from Carnegie Mellon University in the United States showed that AI agents fail about 70% of the time when trying to do tasks like web browsing or coding. That means only 34% of tasks were successfully completed, even after six months of improvements.

The same week, experts at IT company Gartner predicted that over 40% of AI agent projects will be cancelled by 2027. They warned about "agent washing" - where companies just rename old products without real AI agent abilities. In fact, only about 130 of thousands of AI agent companies are considered real.

Small businesses still benefit from simpler AI coding tools, which let them build software without big engineering teams. Instead of writing complex code, users describe what they want in plain language. This helps small companies compete with larger ones by cutting costs and speeding up work. But experts say non-technical people hit limits without engineering skills, especially for big projects.