# How AI Is Changing DevOps Without Replacing It

DevFeed: [How AI Is Changing DevOps Without Replacing It](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/is-devops-dead-due-to-ai-30878.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.rogerperkin.co.uk/faq/is-devops-dead-due-to-ai/>)

Author: Roger Perkin

Published: 2026-07-15T22:15:13Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Roger Perkin Network Automation Consultant](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/roger-perkin-network-automation-consultant.md>)

Topics: [DevOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/devops.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [faq](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faq.md>), [network-automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network-automation.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that AI is changing DevOps by accelerating tasks, assisting with code and content generation, and improving efficiency, while the discipline's core needs remain. It presents AI as an assistant for network automation teams rather than a replacement for design, implementation, testing, and engineering judgment.

## Source excerpt

No, DevOps is not dead because of AI. If anything, AI is changing how DevOps teams work by speeding up tasks, assisting with code and content generation, and improving efficiency. The core DevOps problems still exist: teams need reliable delivery, good collaboration, strong automation, and clear operational ownership. AI can help with some of those ...