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  <title>Are AI Agents Replacing Contract Testing? DevOps Insights from Matt Fellows</title>
  <description>Curious if AI will automate your contract testing—or wreck it? Add AI to Your DevOps Now:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://testguild.me/smartbear&amp;amp;nbsp; In this episode of the DevOps Toolchain Podcast, I sit down with&amp;amp;nbsp;Matt Fellows, co-founder of Pacflow and core maintainer of the PACT framework (now under SmartBear). We dive into the evolution of&amp;amp;nbsp;contract testing, how&amp;amp;nbsp;agentic AI tools like Copilot and Cursor&amp;amp;nbsp;are shaping testing workflows, and what the next 3–5 years might look like for API validation. We also get real about:  Why test quality matters&amp;amp;nbsp;more&amp;amp;nbsp;in an AI-driven pipeline How autonomous testing may reshape developer tooling Whether AI-generated tests are improving code or just spreading bugs faster  Whether you’re leading a QA team, building APIs, or navigating the DevOps–AI intersection, this episode has hard-earned insights from someone shaping the tools used by teams around the world. &amp;amp;nbsp;👉 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and drop your thoughts on where you think testing is headed. &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; </description>
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