Here's who's leading AI adoption in the workplace
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Half of Americans now use artificial intelligence at work, a new benchmark in Gallup's surveys, but there's a gap between company leaders and workers.
The big picture: While executives can be divided on aggressively pushing AI in the office versus letting workers experiment on an individual level, the latest poll shows that bosses are the ones using it most frequently.
By the numbers: The February survey of 23,717 U.S. employees found that regular AI usage is also increasing, with 13% of workers saying they use the tech daily, compared with 12% last quarter and 10% before that.
- But where workers fall on the food chain makes a difference: In organizations that make AI tools available, 67% of leaders said they used AI daily or a few times a week, compared with 52% of managers, 50% of project managers and 46% of individual contributors.
- The report says that differences by role "reflect how many mainstream AI tools align with the tasks employees perform," with leaders and managers taking on "desk-based" responsibilities for which such tools can be "readily applied."
What we're watching: Workers' concerns about their jobs being displaced have grown with AI adoption and organizational shifts, Gallup's report notes.
- Across U.S. employees, 18% say it is very or somewhat likely their job would be replaced within the next five years due to new tech and automation.
- Among those who work in organizations that have adopted AI, that share jumps to 23%.
Methodology: These results for the quarterly Gallup workforce studies are based on self-administered web surveys conducted with a random sample of adults. The survey conducted Feb. 4 to 19 was among 23,717 employed U.S. adults with a margin of error of ±0.9 percentage points.
