Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gradually becoming a part of our every day life and conversations. From prompt questions to faceless generated videos, and professionally looking photos, AI has taken the world by storm.

Software development plays a key role, as it provides the foundation for AI, which in turn is used by developers to automate tasks like coding and testing, thereby improving efficiency.

In this post, we delve into the top three AI tools — Chat GPT, Claude AI and Microsoft Copilot — used by our developers — and the specific things they use them for. It’s interesting to note that AI tools primarily for coding such as Windsurf and Cursor didn’t top the list. Notable mentions go to other AI assistants, such as Gemini, DeepSeek and Grok.

Here are three ways, our developers use AI:

1. Code generation

With AI, our software developers can easily navigate coder’s block when stuck. A few prompts can produce and generated codes that can be a lifesaver. The stress of manually writing each code line is reduced drastically, as these generated codes are fine-tuned to meet the specific need.

2. Debugging and Code cleaning

Engaging AI for code testing and cleaning speeds up the process, as it is faster in locating errors. These platforms help accelerate the software development process, as they locate errors faster and reduce the time that would have been spent reading every line of code manually.

3. Idea and data set generation

Developers interact with these platforms to generate ideas, insights and sometimes articles. The large data sets they possess also help our developers to access mock data, which play in key role in research and development.