Microsoft report shows employees are using AI in the workplace at large [Video]

On Wednesday, Microsoft and LinkedIn released their 2024 Work Trend Index report to see how people are utilizing artificial intelligence in the workplace.

This report surveyed 31,00 people across 31 countries, as well as trillions of data points from Microsoft and Fortune 500 customers. In short, it shows that AI has entered the workplace en masse — and it looks like it is here to stay.

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, titling 2024’s edition: “AI At Work Is Here. Now Comes The Hard Part.”

“Employees are overwhelmed and under duress and they are turning to AI for help, for relief,” said Colette Stallbaumer, co-founder of Microsoft’s AI tool, Copilot.

In 2023, the company’s report focused on what it called digital debt — the amount of emails and digital work that simply outpaced employees’ ability to keep up with it.

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