Will artificial intelligence (AI) help smash through the technical debt that has been growing in recent years? Or will emerging technology add a new layer of issues? Or, looking at it another way, could the overhang of technical debt slow down efforts to adopt AI? The good news is that a recently issued report suggests AI may be an answer to finding and reducing systems that slow things down.
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Technical debt is defined as shortcuts or workarounds taken to meet delivery deadlines quickly, according to tech analyst Gartner. The most recent figures available put accumulated software technical debt at more than $1.52…