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economy1 month ago•319 min saved

A Subtle Rebound: What Friday's Jobs Report Could Signal

Economists expect May payrolls to rise around 105,000 with the unemployment rate near 4.3%, signaling a gradual labor-market rebound as hiring broadens beyond healthcare and wage growth slows. AI-driven changes to skills and demographics are shaping the outlook, while Spirit Airlines’ shutdown adds sector headwinds in transportation; unemployment claims stay near historic lows and the breadth of hiring across industries will be captured by the Diffusion Index.

via CNN|

#ai-in-the-workplace #economy #jobs-report

business4 months ago•307 min saved

AI brain fry: study links workplace fatigue to juggling AI tools

A Boston Consulting Group study, published via Harvard Business Review, describes 'AI brain fry'—acute mental fatigue from overseeing multiple AI agents, which can impair concentration, raise error rates, and raise intentions to quit. Experts say the fatigue may be temporary and not wholly negative, with some participants noting relief after breaks, highlighting a nuanced picture as workplaces increasingly rely on AI tools.

via CNN|

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business5 months ago•8 min saved

Human Judgment Is the Real AI Upgrade in the Workplace

A Smartsheet survey finds AI anxiety spans Gen X to Gen Z, but the bigger risk is losing hard-won expertise as veteran professionals retire. AI is powerful only when humans teach, debug, and tailor it—providing judgment, context, and pattern recognition. Success hinges on deliberate knowledge transfer, unified data foundations, and knowledge graphs; without these, organizations risk deploying AI that sounds plausible but is wrong, trapping them in a deployment trap rather than achieving sustained, high-value work.

via The Verge|

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technology9 months ago•3 min saved

Google unveils Gemini Enterprise to revolutionize AI in the workplace

Google has launched Gemini Enterprise, a new AI platform for businesses that allows companies to build and deploy AI assistants integrated with internal systems and popular business applications, aiming to compete in the growing workplace AI market. The platform offers tools for creating, sharing, and managing AI agents across various departments, with pricing starting at $21 per seat per month, and has already gained notable customers like Figma, Klarna, and Virgin Voyages.

via TechCrunch|

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ai-in-the-workplace3 years ago•3 min saved

The Impact of Generative AI on High-Skilled Workers and Enterprise Products.

A study conducted by researchers at Stanford and MIT found that highly skilled customer service workers saw "close to 0%" productivity gains from using an AI chat program meant to enable them to provide better and quicker answers to customers. The study found that AI can help lower-skilled workers "communicate more like high-skill agents." The AI tool was trained to understand features like the duration and outcomes of calls, and how top performers fared in those aspects. The study notes customer service as a particularly ripe area where companies are deploying artificial intelligence technology.

via Business Insider|

#ai #ai-in-the-workplace #customer-service

ai-in-the-workplace3 years ago•4 min saved

Generative AI Tools Boost Worker Productivity by 14%, Study Shows

A new study from Stanford University and MIT found that generative AI conversation assistants can increase productivity for customer support agents by 14%, with the biggest gains seen by less-experienced and lower-skilled workers. Highly skilled workers may initially gain less from using the AI tools because its recommendations are essentially tips and tricks they’ve already learned working on the job. The researchers argue that disparity in who benefits from AI may actually leave higher-performing employees worse off than they were prior to the introduction of the AI.

via Gizmodo|

#ai-in-the-workplace #customer-support #disparity