Use AI at work? You might be ruining your reputation, a new study finds

ferrantraite/Getty Images There are plenty of AI tools to make your life at work easier, but your coworkers might think you're lazy for using them. A new study funded by Duke University shows that despite AI's prevalence in the workplace, it comes with a "social penalty." The study says people who use AI face negative judgment from their coworkers about their ability and motivation. The impact also applies to job candidates. Also: The telltale sign that you used ChatGPT - and a trick to avoid it This builds on a study last fall that showed workers are hiding AI use from their managers because it might make them seem lazy or less competent. For this study, researchers ran four experiments on a pool of 4,400 people. Here's what they found: Employees who use generative AI tools (tools that create letters, code, and other content) expect to be judged more negatively than those who use non-generative AI tools (tools that do things like monitor systems and analyze images). Those expec ... Read full article.