More workers are using AI, but they're ashamed to admit it

Microsoft's latest trends index shows, unsurprisingly, that workers are capitalizing on the AI craze. But Microsoft's report also says that they're doing so reluctantly, and not saving an enormous amount of time in the process. Microsoft released its 2024 Work Trends Index on Tuesday, reporting what workers outside the company are telling them about how they work. Obviously, the key topic was AI, the foundation of Microsoft Copilot and Copilot-powered applications like Microsoft 365. Microsoft said that its data was acquired by surveys with 31,000 people across 31 countries, alongside "labor and hiring trends" from LinkedIn and "Microsoft 365 productivity signals."