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AI & Testing

How AI is actually changing software testing — what it automates, what it doesn't, and where autonomous testing fits next to LLM-assisted generation and self-healing scripts.

8 parts publishedStart the series

SeriesFree course

The Software Testing Course

A ground-up guide to testing modern web applications — from first principles and terminology to test design, automation, CI, and autonomous coverage. Read it in order or jump to the part you need.

15 parts publishedStart the series

Series

Test Automation in Practice

A practical throughline on test automation — deciding what's worth automating, keeping a suite healthy, and the specific cases (auth, SPAs, cross-browser, visual) that trip most teams up.

10 parts publishedStart the series

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The Manta Handbook

Step-by-step guides for setting up and using Manta — from your first run to CI integration.

12 guidesBrowse the handbook

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LLM-Based Test Generation: Useful, With Caveats

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Part 6 of AI & Testing: large language models can draft tests from a description, a spec, or existing code — where that genuinely helps, the failure modes to watch for, and how it differs from autonomous testing.

September 2, 2026Manta AI Team3 min read

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QA process

Putting It Together: A Working QA Process

Part 15 of the Software Testing Course: assembling everything from the series into a lightweight QA process a small team can actually run.

September 1, 20264 min

Can AI Replace QA Engineers?

Part 8 of AI & Testing: autonomous testing removes the mechanical middle of QA — regression coverage, script maintenance, flaky-test triage — without touching the judgement that defines the job. Here's what changes and what doesn't.

August 27, 20265 min

autonomous testing

Where Autonomous Testing Fits

Part 14 of the Software Testing Course: how unscripted machine exploration sits alongside unit, integration, scripted end-to-end, and exploratory testing — and what it does and doesn't replace.

August 26, 20264 min

Why Manual QA Doesn't Scale With Modern Release Cycles

Part 1 of AI & Testing: teams shipping multiple times a day can't rely on manual click-throughs or brittle selector-based test scripts — here's what breaks first, and what autonomous testing changes.

August 25, 20263 min

AI in Software Testing: What Actually Works

Part 3 of AI & Testing: a grounded look at where AI genuinely helps in testing today — autonomous exploration, maintenance reduction, test generation, triage — and where the marketing outruns the reality.

August 21, 20264 min

non-functional testing

Non-Functional Testing: Performance, Security, Accessibility

Part 13 of the Software Testing Course: the testing that isn't about whether a feature works, but about how well — speed, resilience, security, and accessibility.

August 20, 20264 min

testing

Autonomous Testing vs. Scripted Tests: What's the Difference?

Part 4 of AI & Testing: scripted end-to-end tests break the moment your UI changes — here's how autonomous testing agents like Manta take a fundamentally different approach.

August 18, 20263 min

How to Test AI-Generated Code

Part 7 of AI & Testing: AI assistants write code faster than anyone can review it — a practical approach to testing code you didn't write by hand, what to check first, where the risk concentrates, and how to keep coverage from falling behind.

August 17, 20265 min

test coverage

Test Coverage: What the Number Does and Doesn't Tell You

Part 12 of the Software Testing Course: what code coverage measures, why 100% doesn't mean 'tested', and better ways to think about how much testing is enough.

August 13, 20264 min