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Microsoft Research Blog·Research·16d ago·by Jaime Teevan, Sonia Jaffe, Rebecca Janssen, Nancy Baym, Siân Lindley, Bahar Sarrafzadeh, Brent Hecht, Jenna Butler, Jake Hofman, Sean Rintel·~1 min read

New Future of Work: AI is driving rapid change, uneven benefits

At a glance - AI is driving rapid changes in the workplace, more sharply than those covered in previous editions of the New Future of Work - AI is changing how people work together, not just enabling them to work faster or from remote locations. Organizations that treat AI as a collaborative partner are seeing the biggest benefits. - The benefits of AI are not yet evenly distributed, underscoring the need for industry leaders to build AI that expands opportunity. The future is not predetermined. It will be shaped by the choices we make today. - Human expertise matters more, not less, in an AI-powered world. People are shifting from merely doing work to guiding, critiquing, and improving the work of AI. For the past five years, the New Future of Work report has captured how work is changing. This…

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