Brit workers waste nearly six hours a week 'botsitting'
AI AND ML
Productivity gains lost as staff spoon-feed AI and correct its cock-ups
Almost all UK workers now have to deal with AI, but few firms report big productivity gains because of all the time lost in hand-holding the systems and cleaning up their mistakes.
So says a report by the Work AI Institute, a research arm of AI biz Glean Technologies.
It claims there are productivity gains to be had from introducing AI-based tools, yet much of this is being negated by the amount of time employees waste making them work – a phenomenon it has christened "botsitting."
The organization surveyed 1,500 digital workers for "The Work AI Index: UK 2026" report, finding 90 percent are now required to use AI in their roles, 80 percent use multiple AI tools every week, and 39 percent use four or more.
The workers indicate AI automation saves them roughly...
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