According to a new report published by Google, AI can help people with productivity a lot and can save up to 122 hours a year. The estimations were that AI could help people save 100 hours a year but now workers can save up to 122 hours by using generative AI. These findings came through Google running an AI pilot project in the UK with schools, small businesses, and a union to see how AI is affecting people and their productivity. The report found that after receiving only a few hours of AI training, workers doubled their daily use of AI and kept using it a lot even after months.
Google also predicted that AI can make $400 billion and can add it to the economy of the UK by 2030, but it depends on how much workers will depend on AI. 66% of the workers are now using AI, with older women and people from lower-income backgrounds being the ones to have never used generative AI at work. The report also found that women over 55 are four times less likely to have never used AI as compared to men under 35. Small businesses are also slow in their AI adoption.
The report by Google also found that only 17% of the women of about 55 years used AI weekly, and 7% used it daily before training, but after three months of training, 56% of the workers started using AI weekly, and 29% daily. A major barrier to the use of AI by workers is that they need permission to prompt, meaning that they need clear approval from their companies that AI is allowed. Many workers started using AI on their own by exploring AI features and looking up tips to use it after training. As Google is competing with OpenAI, it is pushing its AI features everywhere and asking people to use them for their convenience. But people are still hesitant to use them, because there are chances of error with AI usage.
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Google also predicted that AI can make $400 billion and can add it to the economy of the UK by 2030, but it depends on how much workers will depend on AI. 66% of the workers are now using AI, with older women and people from lower-income backgrounds being the ones to have never used generative AI at work. The report also found that women over 55 are four times less likely to have never used AI as compared to men under 35. Small businesses are also slow in their AI adoption.
The report by Google also found that only 17% of the women of about 55 years used AI weekly, and 7% used it daily before training, but after three months of training, 56% of the workers started using AI weekly, and 29% daily. A major barrier to the use of AI by workers is that they need permission to prompt, meaning that they need clear approval from their companies that AI is allowed. Many workers started using AI on their own by exploring AI features and looking up tips to use it after training. As Google is competing with OpenAI, it is pushing its AI features everywhere and asking people to use them for their convenience. But people are still hesitant to use them, because there are chances of error with AI usage.
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