AI touches many facets of life, from taking snack orders to testing software autonomously. Is AI right for you? Who benefits? How quickly? How do you get started?
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Can AI do more than help you order food?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming many facets of our lives. The other day, I went to Checker’s for an emergency crispy fish sandwich (it was delicious), and I talked with an AI with a feminine voice. This AI interacted with me and took my order. According to this 2022 Digital Transactions news article, this development is already a few years old. (Apparently, I don’t eat fast food enough to be on time with this development…which has to be a good thing, right?)
At Testaify, we’re working on an autonomous testing platform that will do for software testing what AI does for other interactions, like ordering greasy food: AI will make such efforts faster, less intense, and more pleasant.
AI testing with Testaify will enable development teams to streamline the testing process and enhance product quality. But is AI testing right for you? Let’s dive into how AI in software testing works, who benefits, and how it differs from AI automation tools.
What is AI Testing?
AI testing generally describes applying artificial intelligence techniques to autonomously address the software testing process. Instead of relying solely on human testers or predefined scripts, Testaify’s Discovery Engine dynamically discovers the software under test, learning how it functions. Testaify’s Execution Engine then generates and runs test cases autonomously. These engines enable the Testaify AI testing platform to deliver comprehensive testing and improve test coverage.
AI testing often incorporates machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP) to learn from data, making it especially effective for complex applications where manual testing might fall short: few teams have the time or resources to test as thoroughly as they’d like. AI testing fills the gap so human workers can focus on strategic efforts.
Who Benefits from AI Testing?
Anyone working with the development process can benefit from AI testing, with the caveat that the AI testing tool you pick must meet the fundamental requirement of autonomous testing: it must feature AI-led discovery. If it doesn’t, you’ll be able to automate pieces of the testing process at best.
- Developers: AI testing can help developers get feedback faster so you can find and address bugs more quickly. (No more being blamed for defects that went into production, and no more writing test automation scripts!) AI testing can also reduce your testing workload so you can focus on new features or new product development!
- QA Engineers/Testers: AI testing dramatically reduces the time spent on repetitive tasks. Instead of chasing busywork, you’ll validate findings and share valid defects with your devs. When you leverage an AI testing tool like Testaify, you can do higher-level work, such as implementing a Shift Left strategy.
- Tech Executives: AI testing is faster than manual testing and generates insights you can use to evaluate product quality improvements over time. Productivity will rise while budget demands for tools and outsourced resource needs fall.
- Product Managers: AI for software testing can help you deliver a high-quality product your users love. Because AI testing is so efficient, you can test more often without compromising release velocity! You’ll also have more control over the testing process.
How Does AI Testing Work?
At Testaify, our team of PhDs has created an AI-first testing platform that automagically (to my eyes at least):
- Discovers your web application, creating a model of how it works.
- Generates test cases with real-world test input data.
- Executes those test cases, fully exercising your application.
- Reports findings with clear steps to reproduce the test failure.
These steps happen automatically. Development teams can identify issues faster and more efficiently than existing testing methods.
Testaify generates a new model of your web app each time you launch a test session, automatically incorporating code changes into the new model. Testaify includes all validated findings (defects) in new test sessions, improving your regression test suite.
How Quickly Does AI Testing Generate Value?
The speed at which Testaify’s AI testing platform generates ROI is one of our key advantages. Development teams can gain actionable insights in hours instead of weeks by reducing the manual labor needed to discover an app, write and run tests, or maintain test scripts each time code changes are made. AI software testing with Testaify can deliver exponentially more test cases in minutes and hours compared to the weeks or months needed for the entire manual testing process.
Testaify’s AI testing tool could discover a real-world CRM application 100x faster than a seasoned QA Architect in internal testing. In just 54 minutes, Testaify completed discovery and generated and ran more than 1,600 test cases. Rafael E. Santos, Testaify co-founder and COO, said, “These early findings show that Testaify will have the power to improve software testing, accelerating product quality improvements dramatically.”
How Are AI Testing Tools Different from AI Automation Tools?
While AI-augmented automation tools focus on software testing components, like self-healing scripts or test script execution, AI-first testing tools like Testaify automate the entire testing process. Genuine AI testing helps teams move past incremental improvements and achieve significant quality leaps. With Testaify for AI testing, you don’t have to design test cases or write test scripts. If test automation tools were my Checkers crispy fish sandwich, I would have had to provide the ingredients and recipe. No thanks. I want all that to be done for me!
How Do You Get Started with AI Testing?
Are you ready to explore how AI testing can revolutionize your development process? An autonomous AI testing platform like Testaify can streamline testing efforts and deliver more consistent, faster results. Visit testaify.com/autonomous-testing and join the waitlist so we can let you know when Testaify moves out of Beta testing and into general release!
About the Author
Lisa Fatolitis, Testaify's marketing director, is excited to be with this team on the front lines of the AI revolution. She has an MBA with a marketing emphasis and a BA in Medieval History, two cats, and loves designing marketing programs that unite products with the people who need them. Lisa is a certified product owner.
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