📄 Over 60% of Employees Hide Their Use of AI Tools from Their Managers
More than half of employees worldwide regularly use AI at work, researchers from the University of Melbourne and consulting company KPMG found. More than 32,000 employees in 47 countries took part in this survey.
At least a third of respondents said they use AI daily or several times a week. Most said the algorithms increase productivity and save time.
However, many people don't take data security and ethical issues seriously.
⚫️ Almost half the employees surveyed have used AI in inappropriate ways, and 63% have seen their colleagues doing so.
⚫️ Nearly half (48%) of employees have uploaded sensitive company or customer information into public generative AI tools, and 44% admit to using AI at work in ways that go against company policies.
⚫️ 56% use AI without knowing whether their company allows it or not.
⚫️ 66% of employees blindly trust AI answers without checking them, 55% present AI-generated content as their own, and 61% hide the use of chatbots from their managers.
⚫️ About 70% of employees rely on free, public tools, rather than AI solutions provided by their employer. Still, only 47% report having received AI training or related education.
Are you using AI in your work?
😎 — yes, with the whole team!
🎃 — yes, but don't tell my boss!
🔥 — no, we do everything ourselves...