So where are all the AI apps? – Answer.AI

An empirical analysis of PyPI package data to test whether AI tools are delivering the promised developer productivity gains. By examining package creation rates and update frequencies across cohorts from 2014 to 2025, the authors find no broad-based productivity explosion. The only measurable signal is a >2x increase in release frequency for popular AI-related packages post-ChatGPT — but this is likely explained by the massive influx of funding and developer attention into the AI ecosystem rather than AI tools making developers universally more productive.