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A recent Gallup poll asked about employees' use of AI at work.
Nearly half said they use it at least a few times a year.
There were some big differences between industries.
The use of AI tools among individual employees is on the rise, according to new data from Gallup -- even though many of those workers have no idea whether the technology is being used across their organizations.
Published on Sunday and based on an August survey of over 23,000 US adults, the study found that nearly half (45%) of all respondents now use AI at work at least a few times a year, an increase of 5% from the same time last year. The percentage of workers who report using the technology on a weekly basis also increased (to 23% from 19%), as did those who use it every day (though this increase was less pronounced, to 10% from 8%).
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