AI RESEARCH
How AI Coding Agents Modify Code: A Large-Scale Study of GitHub Pull Requests
arXiv CS.AI
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ArXi:2601.17581v3 Announce Type: replace-cross AI coding agents are increasingly acting as autonomous contributors by generating and submitting pull requests (PRs). However, we lack empirical evidence on how these agent-generated PRs differ from human contributions, particularly in how they modify code and describe their changes. Understanding these differences is essential for assessing their reliability and impact on development workflows.