- Workers and managers get just 14-16 minutes of net time savings from AI, claims report
- Most time saved is spent on fact-checking and validation of output
- Most managers say they plan to retrain and upskill employees
Most managers (89%) and workers (79%) now agree that while AI improves productivity, exactly how much time it saves is up for debate.
New research from Foxit suggests the real-time gains may be minimal compared to the potential, simply because of the amount of time workers need to trust and understand AI tools.
According to the report’s data, managers have gained only 16 minutes per week and workers only 14 minutes, despite AI’s bold claims.
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AI doesn’t actually save you that much time… yet
On the other hand, managers spent four hours and 20 minutes validating output, with workers spending an equally significant three hours and 50 minutes checking generated content.
Foxit calls this a ‘burden of verification’, where the time saved by creating content is offset by fact-checking and other corrections.
Although they spend more time verifying, 60% of managers say they have a lot of confidence in AI output, but only about one in three workers do. This lack of trust was the second biggest AI barrier, cited by 34% of workers, with data privacy and security concerns (36%) slightly dampening it. Concerns were also raised about accuracy (25%).
But change may be on the horizon, with nearly three-quarters (72%) of managers focusing on retraining or upskilling employees to deal with AI.
“The next phase of document intelligence will not be defined by more AI capabilities, but by embedding accurate, transparent intelligence directly into workflows,” wrote CMO Evan Reiss, “reducing validation time while keeping humans firmly in control.”
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