Our national correspondent Dan Grossman breaks down what could be
changing next in the workplace.
This report was done in conjunction with LinkedIn and surveyed
31,000 people from 31 countries.
It also looked at trillions of data points for Microsoft
software,
and it interviewed people from Fortune 500 companies.
What it found is that AI software like Microsoft's Copilot
is entering the workforce and mass,
and it looks like it's here to stay.
Oh, how much difference a year makes last year.
This is how Microsoft titled its Work Trend Index report.
Will AI fix work? And this year it appears the
tech giant answered its own question.
Employees are overwhelmed and under duress,
and they are turning to AI for help.
For relief, Colette Stall Bomber is with Microsoft in 2023.
The company's report focused on what it called Digital debt,
the amount of emails and digital work that simply outpaces
employees ability to keep up with it.
The new report, released Wednesday,
shows people are finding ways to manage that through AI.
Microsoft reports the use of artificial intelligence has nearly doubled
in the last six months.
And that LinkedIn is seeing a significant increase in people
adding AI skills to their profile.
The new report for Microsoft,
which has its own AI development,
adds that most leaders say they wouldn't hire someone without
AI skills.
It's really about taking your job and sort of breaking
it down into tasks.
And understanding that AI is there to help,
You know, we called it,
we called it Copilot, not Autopilot for a reason.
It's really about thinking of it as an assistant.
So what does this mean?
Stall Bomber says it's not laziness.
In fact, it's initiative. The report says 78%
of AI users are bringing AI to work themselves,
meaning they aren't provided by the company,
and bosses are trying to catch up.
As the report reads, the opportunity for every leader is
to channel this momentum into business impact at scale.
Gotta love corporate buzzwords. It's about looking across your whole
organization and figuring out where you can apply AI,
both to help people and give them more agency,
but also to help ultimately,
you know, increase revenue, drive growth,
and manage cost. The report shows AI users say they
save 30 minutes a day by using these tools,
whether that's ChatGPT to type up drafts and emails,
or using AI to spark imagination for business ideas.
As for the future, Stall Bomber says it'll be interesting
to see how companies respond to the fact that AI
is here and it looks like for good.
Dan Grisman, Scripps News, Denver.