Burnout Is Pushing Workers to Use AI—Even if Their Boss Doesn’t Know
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Burnout Is Pushing Workers to Use AI—Even if Their Boss Doesn’t Know

Wired  

White-collar workers are so overwhelmed with emails, web chats, and meetings that they are using AI tools to get their jobs done—even if their companies haven’t trained them to do so, according to a work trend index published Wednesday by Microsoft and LinkedIn. Seventy-five percent of people in desk jobs are already using AI at work, and the amount of people using AI has nearly doubled over the past six months, the report found. “People are overwhelmed with digital debt and under duress at work,” Colette Stallbaumer, general manager of Microsoft’s chatbot Copilot and cofounder of WorkLab, said in a video announcing the report’s results. While the rapid adoption of AI struck fears that it would replace jobs, the report paints a different picture: of overburdened workers seeking their own solutions, and of managers eager to hire people who have skills utilizing AI—even as companies themselves are lagging in training workers how to use it. It’s going to impact everything in the workplace.” While the report shows AI use is picking up rapidly among office workers, its wider adoption may be slower.

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How AI tools are reshaping the coding workforce
2 weeks, 5 days ago

How AI tools are reshaping the coding workforce

Live Mint  

After years of hype and panic over how many jobs AI will extinguish or replace, it’s clear the technology is bringing some big changes to the coding workforce. AI coding tools, which can automate large portions of code development, emerged as an early generative AI use case, driving double digit percentage efficiency gains and helping more code get written faster. …

Hang on… Did Microsoft just admit that AI could dumb us down?
1 month ago

Hang on… Did Microsoft just admit that AI could dumb us down?

Live Mint  

Microsoft plans to spend $80 billion on artificial intelligence this year, reinforcing its position as a leading vendor. The study, carried out with researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, surveyed 319 knowledge workers on how they used AI, including a teacher generating images for a presentation about hand-washing to her students using DALL-E 2 and a commodities trader generating strategies using …

Microsoft launches Copilot Chat for businesses to boost AI adoption
2 months, 1 week ago

Microsoft launches Copilot Chat for businesses to boost AI adoption

The Hindu  

Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out a chat service allowing businesses to use on-demand AI agents for routine tasks, betting on the pay-as-you-go model to drive up the adoption of the technology. The free service, Copilot Chat, which uses OpenAI's GPT-4, lets users create AI agents using natural languages such as English and Mandarin for tasks such as market research, writing …

ChatGPT could replace telemarketers, teachers and traders
2 months, 2 weeks ago

ChatGPT could replace telemarketers, teachers and traders

Live Mint  

AFTER DECADES of blue-collar jobs being snatched up by machines, advanced chatbots are now breathing down white collars. Humans and AI separately rated how well software powered by large language models, which are trained on vast chunks of the internet and then fine-tuned to specific functions, could undertake 19,000 tasks involved in the jobs. For other tasks the annotators imagined …

41% of companies worldwide plan to reduce workforces by 2030 due to AI
2 months, 2 weeks ago

41% of companies worldwide plan to reduce workforces by 2030 due to AI

CNN  

London CNN — Artificial intelligence is coming for your job: 41% of employers intend to downsize their workforce as AI automates certain tasks, a World Economic Forum survey showed Wednesday. Out of hundreds of large companies surveyed around the world, 77% also said they were planning to reskill and upskill their existing workers between 2025-2030 to better work alongside AI, …

Microsoft pitches AI ‘agents’ that can perform tasks on their own at Ignite 2024
4 months ago

Microsoft pitches AI ‘agents’ that can perform tasks on their own at Ignite 2024

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told customers at a conference in Chicago on Tuesday that the company is teaching a new set of artificial intelligence tools how to “act on our behalf across our work and life.” AI developers are increasingly pitching the next wave of generative AI chatbots as AI “agents” that can do more useful things on …

LinkedIn Unveils the Future of Work: 10% of Workers Employed in Roles Unexistent 2000
4 months, 3 weeks ago

LinkedIn Unveils the Future of Work: 10% of Workers Employed in Roles Unexistent 2000

India Today  

LinkedIn's inaugural Work Change Snapshot reveals that 10% of workers hired in 2024 are in roles that didn't exist in 2000. The report highlights the rapid pace of change in the job market, with 82% of business leaders in India saying the demand for new roles, skills, and technologies has never been greater.

AI users doubled in last six months, now used by 75% of global knowledge workers: Report
10 months, 1 week ago

AI users doubled in last six months, now used by 75% of global knowledge workers: Report

Hindustan Times  

The number of people using AI has nearly doubled in the last six months and around 75 per cent of global knowledge workers are using AI at workplaces, according to "2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report" by Microsoft and LinkedIn. The survey in the report highlights that 90 per cent of AI users stated it helped them save time, 85 …

Crystal ball review: AI has evolved only partly as predicted a quarter ago
11 months, 1 week ago

Crystal ball review: AI has evolved only partly as predicted a quarter ago

Live Mint  

Even as humanity frets about all the jobs AI will impact, one profession clearly under threat is that of predicting the future. With the year’s first frenzied quarter having drawn to a close, here it is: Tech wars would rage: The AI race would accelerate, I said, with the Microsoft-OpenAI alliance in fierce contest with a resurgent Google. AI will …

Microsoft launches Copilot internally to boost AI adoption by developers: Report
1 year, 1 month ago

Microsoft launches Copilot internally to boost AI adoption by developers: Report

The Hindu  

Microsoft is launching Microsoft 365 Copilot tool for employees as it looks to get more developers to use artificial intelligence, Business Insider reported on Wednesday. The company's investment and partnership with OpenAI, along with a rapidly growing cloud business thanks to customers looking to build AI applications, has made Microsoft the world's most valuable company, surpassing Apple. The Copilot tool …

With ChatGPT turning 1, Americans wonder whether AI is coming for their jobs
1 year, 3 months ago

With ChatGPT turning 1, Americans wonder whether AI is coming for their jobs

NPR  

With ChatGPT turning 1, Americans wonder whether AI is coming for their jobs Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrea Hsu/NPR Andrea Hsu/NPR Baltimore illustrator John de Campos was irate when he discovered that some of his original work had been used to train an artificial intelligence chatbot — without his permission. Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrea Hsu/NPR Andrea Hsu/NPR …

LinkedIn may add an AI chatbot to assist in job search
1 year, 7 months ago

LinkedIn may add an AI chatbot to assist in job search

The Hindu  

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is said to be working on a generative AI chatbot that can help users search and apply for jobs on the platform. The company is testing a “LinkedIn Coach” assistant that will provide support through the application process, teach new skills, and help users grow their network, according to a report by The Verge. While information about the …

ChatGPT is helping recruiters in hiring new talent, saving around 70 minutes of work every week, report reveals
1 year, 9 months ago

ChatGPT is helping recruiters in hiring new talent, saving around 70 minutes of work every week, report reveals

India Today  

ChatGPT has truly revolutionised the use of AI. Shedding light on the diverse use of ChatGPT in various corporate sectors, a recent report has revealed that over half of tech HR employees are utilising the AI chatbot for their work. Other than AI tools like ChatGPT, the report further highlights other tech tools that HR departments are using to make …

AI to eliminate 800,000 jobs in Hong Kong by 2028: REPORT
1 year, 9 months ago

AI to eliminate 800,000 jobs in Hong Kong by 2028: REPORT

India TV News  

AI to eliminate 800,000 jobs in Hong Kong by 2028: REPORT Rising concerns over job losses accompany the increased adoption of AI models like ChatGPT, prompting companies in Hong Kong to urge employees in non-IT roles to learn ChatGPT usage, according to Venturenix. A study conducted by IT recruitment firm Venturenix predicts that around 800,000 jobs, equivalent to 25% of …

No salary hike for Microsoft employees, tech giant slashes budgets for salaries and bonuses to staff
1 year, 10 months ago

No salary hike for Microsoft employees, tech giant slashes budgets for salaries and bonuses to staff

Firstpost  

Microsoft Corporation has decided not to increase salaries for full-time employees in the current year, according to a report by Insider. As of now, The report quoted Nadella explaining that the decision was influenced by the different economic conditions compared to the previous year when the company made significant investments in compensation due to market conditions and company performance, nearly …

Microsoft will not give employees salary raise this year
1 year, 10 months ago

Microsoft will not give employees salary raise this year

The Hindu  

Microsoft Corp. will not raise salaries for full-time employees this year and is reducing budget for bonuses and stock awards, Insider reported on Wednesday, citing an internal email by CEO Satya Nadella. "Last year, we made a significant investment in compensation driven by market conditions and company performance, nearly doubling our global merit budget.this year the economic conditions are very …

Microsoft lays off ethical team that critically assessed AI tools like ChatGPT
2 years ago

Microsoft lays off ethical team that critically assessed AI tools like ChatGPT

India Today  

Microsoft has reportedly laid off the entire "ethics and society" team within the AI organisation as a part of recent layoffs that impacted 10,000 workers globally. The report notes that Microsoft maintains an "active Office of Responsible AI, whose task is to create rules and principles to govern the company's AI initiatives." Platformer also spoke to some former workers who …

ChatGPT: Almost 30% of professionals say they’ve used the AI tool at work
2 years, 2 months ago

ChatGPT: Almost 30% of professionals say they’ve used the AI tool at work

Live Mint  

Some early adopters are already experimenting with the generative AI program ChatGPT at the office. Almost 30% of the nearly 4,500 professionals surveyed this month by Fishbowl, a social platform owned by employer review site Glassdoor, said that they’ve already used OpenAI’s ChatGPT or another artificial intelligence program in their work. Experts anticipate that this kind of AI will be …

Microsoft targets 50,000 jobs with LinkedIn ‘re-skilling’ effort
3 years, 11 months ago

Microsoft targets 50,000 jobs with LinkedIn ‘re-skilling’ effort

The Hindu  

Microsoft said on Tuesday that it intends to place 50,000 people in tech-enabled jobs as part of its professional networking arm LinkedIn’s effort to re-skill workforce. The software maker’s ‘Career Connector’ service will act as a clearing house to connect people to find jobs in Microsoft’s ‘ecosystem’ over the next three years. Launched last June, Microsoft’s skill-building effort aimed to …

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