The Role of AI in Testing with Debbie O'Brien

The Role of AI in Testing with Debbie O'Brien

Author: Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell July 16, 2026 Duration: 53:17
How has testing changed in the era of AI? Carl and Richard talk to Debbie O'Brien in her new role at Zephyr about using LLMs to help build and validate tests - and much more. Debbie talks about joining Zephyr and using testing tools like Playwright to validate application workflows and generate documentation. This leads to a discussion about documentation being more important than ever, since LLMs will actually read it! Maintaining quality is a challenge with LLM-generated code and tests, so there's always a role for a critical eye in the process.

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