Workers at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta say AI is making their jobs harder, not easier

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The big picture: AI tools are being sold as a way to make work faster and easier. But employees at some of the companies building those tools say the opposite is happening inside their own workplaces. Current and former workers at OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google told the BBC that developing AI often involves long hours, weekend shifts, and constant pressure to meet product deadlines.

At OpenAI and Anthropic, some employees said major development pushes can last for weeks and involve more than 90 hours of work per week.

One former OpenAI technical employee said they worked at least 70 hours most weeks before leaving the company last year. They now work at another AI startup and said their schedule is closer to 50 to 60 hours a week, except during intense release...

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