Developer Productivity: METR Uplift Study

 from the AI 2026 Forecasting Survey by AI Digest

 (time_taken_by_developers_without_AI / time_taken_by_developers_with_AI) reported by the most recent METR uplift study published in 2026 using the same or clearly comparable methodology. If METR reports percent change in time taken instead (time_taken_by_developers_with_AI / time_taken_by_developers_without_AI - 1) as they did for their 

, we will convert using: speedup = 1 / (1 + percent_change_in_time_taken).

If no METR uplift study is published in 2026, this question's outcome will be marked ambiguous. If multiple comparable METR uplift studies are published in 2026, the resolver may decide which one is most representative of the end of 2026 software development speedup, at their discretion (this would be the one published later in 2026, unless there was reason to believe it was less comparable to the 2025 study than an earlier one).

 is responsible for final judgment on resolution decisions.

Buckets are left-inclusive: e.g., 1.2-1.4x includes 1.2x but not 1.4x.