Generative AI reduces working hours for government staff, survey finds

The Gennai generative artificial intelligence platform is available to about 180,000 government employees. Employees at government ministries and agencies have been able to reduce their working hours by 110 minutes per week, on average, through the use of the Gennai generative artificial intelligence platform, a Digital Agency survey showed Friday. The online survey was conducted among workers at the ministries and agencies in August and September, collecting valid responses from 6,439 people. Over 50% of the respondents said they were able to reduce working hours by at least one hour per week. Specifically, 35.1% said they cut working hours by one to three hours, 10.9% three to five hours, 5.2% five to 10 hours and 3.2% 10 hours or more.