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# Issue #330
- URL: https://softwaretestingweekly.com/issues/330/
- Published: 2026-10-12T10:32:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-12T10:33:08.000Z
- Description: How Good Is Jev for Test Automation? 🧪
- Author: Dawid Dylowicz

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| Welcome to the **330th** issue!You might have heard of [Jev](https://typesafe.ai/blog/introducing-system-one-models-and-jev?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) already — a new AI model that makes fast, cheap decisions.But how can it help with test automation?Today, I want to share with you different views and solutions:[Playwright CLI + Jev is 98% cheaper and TWICE as fast](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7509215420638240768?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs%5FupdateV2%3A%28urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7509215420638240768%2CFEED%5FDETAIL%2CEMPTY%2CDEFAULT%2Cfalse%29&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) by [Filip Hric](https://www.linkedin.com/in/filip-hric-11a5b1126/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)[Jev can't run Playwright tests](https://endform.dev/blog/jev-playwright-testing?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) by [Oliver Stenbom](https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverstenbom/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)[jevify](https://github.com/ryana/jevify?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) by [Ryan Angilly](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanangilly/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)So while it's efficient, it may not be great for everything.Happy testing! 🙂*[Dawid Dylowicz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawid-dylowicz/?ref=softwaretestingweekly.com)* |
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| [AI Can Write a Thousand Test Cases. Can It Learn QA Judgment?](https://medium.com/@knamduri/ai-can-write-a-thousand-test-cases-can-it-learn-qa-judgment-ea30a02e06ed?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)Writing tests with AI is easy, but what about actual verification? [Kavitha Namduri](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavithanamduri/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) shares how she's trying to teach an AI agent to ask the right questions first.Similarly, [Jaclyn Leigh](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaclynlilly/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) and [Srilata Meka](https://www.linkedin.com/in/srilatameka/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) remind us that [AI Is Changing Quality Engineering, But Engineering Judgment Still Matters](https://insitepeek.net/blog/ai-is-changing-quality-engineering-but-engineering-judgment-still-matters/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@knamduri/ai-can-write-a-thousand-test-cases-can-it-learn-qa-judgment-ea30a02e06ed?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| [AI in Software Testing: What Testers Need to Know](https://medium.com/@iamfaisalkhatri/941900d0d26f?sk=3a5ed1728b7005cf95e2160378a058df&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)Want to learn more about using AI in testing? [Mohammad Faisal Khatri](https://www.linkedin.com/in/faisalkhatri/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) suggests starting with small steps and repetitive tasks, measuring progress by how much time AI saves.Also, you may want to check out [Jason Arbon](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonarbon/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)'s list of [15 Myths About AI and Testing](https://jarbon.medium.com/15-myths-about-ai-and-testing-4cea7f1dce8b?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@iamfaisalkhatri/941900d0d26f?sk=3a5ed1728b7005cf95e2160378a058df&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| [Common QA Metrics That Mislead Teams](https://juliapottinger.com/common-qa-metrics-that-mislead-teams/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)[Julia Pottinger](https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-pottinger/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) explains why numbers like test count, pass rate and zero open bugs aren't the best metrics and suggests what to measure instead.At the same time, [Maaret Pyhäjärvi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maaret/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) points out that [Distance from fixes impacts value of same testing](https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2026/09/distance-from-fixes-impacts-value-of.html?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330).[juliapottinger.com](https://juliapottinger.com/common-qa-metrics-that-mislead-teams/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| [The Mindsets Quality Model](https://www.ministryoftesting.com/insights/the-mindsets-quality-model?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)Testing is mostly about thinking. [Ady Stokes](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adystokes/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) describes several testing mindsets that can help you get better at it.On that note, [Zoltan Csontos](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoltan-csontos-b0505854/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) explains [Why manual testing still matters in the age of AI](https://medium.com/@zoltan%5F52570/why-manual-testing-still-matters-in-the-age-of-ai-001e7b1af7ca?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330).[ministryoftesting.com](https://www.ministryoftesting.com/insights/the-mindsets-quality-model?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| [Beyond Page Objects: Designing Maintainable UI Automation](https://ravirawal13.medium.com/beyond-page-objects-maintainable-ui-automation-4bd42de3d290?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)While page objects can provide structure to UI tests, they don't always make them easy to change. [Ravi Rawal](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravi-rawal-13/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) explains what else we can do.Similarly, [Chris Vo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-vo-8373571b3/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) describes when to use [Page Object Model (POM) and Component Object Model (COM) in Automation Testing](https://medium.com/@chris.vo0505/page-object-model-pom-and-component-object-model-com-in-automation-testing-cf948da2113b?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330).[ravirawal13.medium.com](https://ravirawal13.medium.com/beyond-page-objects-maintainable-ui-automation-4bd42de3d290?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| [Meet my AI teammate: impressive speed, equally impressive bugs](https://medium.com/@marinapolkovnikova1990/meet-my-ai-teammate-impressive-speed-equally-impressive-bugs-146adb87d1d8?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)Based on her experience, [Marina Polkovnikova](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-polkovnikova-38471618b/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) describes nine ways in which an AI coding agent and its controls can fail and how she dealt with that.Additionally, [Nirawit Best](https://medium.com/@nirawit.mail?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) asks: [AI writes our tests now. So where does QA go?](https://medium.com/@nirawit.mail/ai-writes-our-tests-now-so-where-does-qa-go-answer-we-watch-the-dashboard-that-lies-to-us-163b2d87d484?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)[medium.com](https://medium.com/@marinapolkovnikova1990/meet-my-ai-teammate-impressive-speed-equally-impressive-bugs-146adb87d1d8?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| [My Eval Suite Was Lying to Me: Auditing the Judge, Not Just the Agent](https://topuzas.medium.com/my-eval-suite-was-lying-to-me-auditing-the-judge-not-just-the-agent-bfb3f8959404?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)If you test the output of AI, [Ali Süleyman Topuz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisuleymantopuz/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) has a few lessons to share, including why you shouldn't trust an LLM judge's score alone.Moreover, [Adaeze Atusiuba](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amalachukwu-atusiuba-440693186/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) shares [What Building My First LLM Evaluation Framework Taught Me](https://medium.com/@aadaezea/from-traditional-qa-to-ai-qa-what-building-my-first-llm-evaluation-framework-taught-me-0ed46fc4c634?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330), while [Divya Mahalakshmi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/divya-mahalakshmi-57909b1a/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) put together [A Practical Guide to Testing Agentic AI](https://medium.com/@divyamani.24/beyond-assertions-a-practical-guide-to-testing-agentic-ai-a660c109a76e?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330).[topuzas.medium.com](https://topuzas.medium.com/my-eval-suite-was-lying-to-me-auditing-the-judge-not-just-the-agent-bfb3f8959404?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)      |
| [Rethinking the Testing Pyramid](https://kulikovdmitr.medium.com/the-testing-pyramid-has-three-dimensions-5f283f8e5b84?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)The classic test pyramid is mostly about the cost and number of tests, but [Dmitrii Kulikov](https://kulikovdmitr.medium.com/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) shows why we should look at where and when each check runs.Also, [Geoff Cooney](https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffcooney/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) explains [Why our PR gate has 17 tests, not 288](https://www.mabl.com/blog/why-our-pr-gate-has-17-tests?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330), while [Benjamin Bischoff](https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-bischoff/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) advises on [Managing the hidden cost of skipped tests](https://www.softwaretester.blog/managing-the-hidden-cost-of-skipped-tests/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330).[kulikovdmitr.medium.com](https://kulikovdmitr.medium.com/the-testing-pyramid-has-three-dimensions-5f283f8e5b84?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| [The Test Suite Is the New Code Review](https://allen.hutchison.org/2026/09/17/the-test-suite-is-the-new-code-review/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)Now that AI agents can quickly open and review pull requests, the test suite has become the slowest step. [Allen Hutchison](https://www.linkedin.com/in/allenhutchison/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) explains why they moved code out of a monorepo and what it cost them.Similarly, [Julia Pottinger](https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-pottinger/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) shares her opinion on [How to Do PR Reviews in the Age of AI](https://juliapottinger.com/pr-reviews-in-the-age-of-ai/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330), while [Paul Stack](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stack72/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) points out that [Your Agent-Written Tests Aren't Real Tests](https://stack72.dev/your-agent-written-tests-arent-real-tests/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330).[allen.hutchison.org](https://allen.hutchison.org/2026/09/17/the-test-suite-is-the-new-code-review/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| [evals-skills for building product-specific evals](https://github.com/ai-evals-course/evals-skills?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)If you're looking for a better way to do evals, this is a handy repository of skills that can help you achieve that.Similarly, [Peterson Oaikhenah](https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterson-oaikhenah-102645144/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) advises on [Turning Bad LLM Responses into Regression Checks with LLMCheck](https://blog.nextwebb.tech/turning-bad-llm-responses-into-regression-checks-with-llmcheck?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)[github.com](https://github.com/ai-evals-course/evals-skills?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| [How I Stopped Showing Playwright Screenshots to My AI Agent](https://medium.com/@rodin.dev/how-i-stopped-showing-screenshots-to-my-ai-agent-5e86151af121?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)Using an AI agent to fix visual tests? [Ilya Rodin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/iliarodin/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) explains why text works better than diff images for a model and shares a solution for that.Speaking of Playwright, [Tayguara Dias Reis](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tayguarareis/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) shows how to do [BDD with Playwright: Gherkin scenarios that business people can actually read](https://medium.com/@tayguara/bdd-with-playwright-gherkin-scenarios-that-business-people-can-actually-read-f7aab865b2f2?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@rodin.dev/how-i-stopped-showing-screenshots-to-my-ai-agent-5e86151af121?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| [How to Write Maestro Flows That Don't Break or Repeat Themselves](https://www.mobile-automation.io/maestro-selectors-subflows/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)If you're automating mobile apps, [Mayvin Ramasawmy](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayvin-ramasawmy-b4a0a867/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) advises how to structure [Maestro](https://github.com/mobile-dev-inc/maestro?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) tests and harness, after an earlier article on writing [A Passing Mobile Test in Minutes (Android & iOS)](https://www.mobile-automation.io/maestro-first-test-android-ios/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330).[mobile-automation.io](https://www.mobile-automation.io/maestro-selectors-subflows/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| [Provided, Otherwise: The Missing Guard in Gherkin](https://blog.devops.dev/provided-otherwise-the-missing-guard-in-gherkin-af562aeaec7a?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)Writing acceptance criteria in Gherkin for AI agents? [Bruno Baketarić](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bbaketaric/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) suggests adding new Provided and Otherwise extensions to help agents write better tests.In relation to that, here's a good first step [Towards Spec-Driven Test Automation: Part 1](https://towardsdatascience.com/towards-spec-driven-test-automation-part-1/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) by [Gal Arav](https://www.linkedin.com/in/galarav/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330).[blog.devops.dev](https://blog.devops.dev/provided-otherwise-the-missing-guard-in-gherkin-af562aeaec7a?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| [What 10+ years of Jenkins pipelines taught me about shared libraries and quality gates](https://medium.com/@tayguara/from-scripted-to-declarative-what-10-years-of-jenkins-pipelines-taught-me-d9cf67fa56f0?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)This is a great, experience-based overview from [Tayguara Dias Reis](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tayguarareis/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) on setting up quality gates in CI before a blue-green deploy.In relation to that, [Ankita Bhattacharjee](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankita-bhattacharjee-335068174/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) describes a case where [Our Test Results Lived in Two Places. Here's How We Fixed That.](https://medium.com/@anks2906/our-test-results-lived-in-two-places-heres-how-we-fixed-that-ef56990ee62d?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)[medium.com](https://medium.com/@tayguara/from-scripted-to-declarative-what-10-years-of-jenkins-pipelines-taught-me-d9cf67fa56f0?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| [The Aftershock of the Old](https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-aftershock-of-old.html?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)I liked the way [James Thomas](https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-thomas-840aa11a/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) used a history book to remind us how to view AI and how older tools can stay relevant alongside the new ones.[qahiccupps.blogspot.com](https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-aftershock-of-old.html?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| [AI Testing Reality Check: What 13 Founders Refuse to Automate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7RE4StwGLk&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)[Joe Colantonio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joecolantonio/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330) put together a great 30-minute compilation of insights from over a dozen test leaders on what AI cannot or shouldn't automate yet.[youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7RE4StwGLk&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-330)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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