'AI adoption has become a game of chance': Employees are being left to navigate AI tools on their own as businesses fail to implement proper training

• 28% of workers use AI regularly, but just 16% have been trained by their employers
• Around half have never been consulted on how they use AI in their specific role
• This mismatch could ultimately lead to shadow AI adoption and security issues

New research from Nexthink has revealed that, while 28% of US workers now use artificial intelligence at work multiple times per week, only around half of them (16%) have received AI training from their employers.

But as the technology becomes increasingly integrated into the workplace, nearly two in five (38%) workers are now demanding for more AI training support from their employers.

Training aside, employees are also complaining about their organization's broader AI strategy, noting that blanket AI strategies don't consider the specific needs of job roles.

Employers aren't supporting workers with AI skills and tools

More than half (56%) of the surveyed workers noted they've never been...

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