{"id":7142,"date":"2025-12-03T15:02:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/gen-ai-workplace-surveys\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:02:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:02:51","slug":"gen-ai-workplace-surveys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/gen-ai-workplace-surveys\/","title":{"rendered":"The Number of People Using AI at Work Is Suddenly Falling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After three years of unprecedented tech spending and nonstop hype, the demand for AI in the workplace seems to be drying up fast.<\/p>\n

Referencing data from a recent US Census Bureau survey, The <\/em><\/span>Economist<\/em> estimated<\/a> that the percentage of Americans using AI to \u201cproduce goods and services\u201d at large companies rang in at a modest 11 percent in October, the latest available survey date<\/a>. It\u2019s not just that the figure is a bit soggy for the supposedly world-changing technology, but that it\u2019s suddenly moving in the wrong direction: the financial publication notes that the percentage is actually down<\/em> from 12 percent in the prior survey, conducted two weeks previously.<\/p>\n

Looking at the big picture doesn\u2019t make it any prettier. Back in March, the number of businesses with 100-249 employees that reported not <\/em>using AI within the last two weeks stood at 74.1 percent. The survey results show a steady uptick in \u201cno\u201d results over the past few months, culminating in a dreadful 81.4 percent as of the latest poll.<\/p>\n

For big corporations with over 250 employees, meanwhile, the \u201cno\u201d reports have crept up to 68.6 percent, up from the year\u2019s low of 62.4 percent recorded in February.<\/p>\n

The data is nothing if not a major red flag for an industry which is expected to spend $5 trillion<\/a> on AI infrastructure between now and 2030. To do so will require a massive increase in revenue from both business and personal AI use \u2014 the latter of which<\/a> has been lagging.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the tech industry, enterprise AI customers aren\u2019t picking up the slack. Though various non-government surveys cited by The Economist<\/em> varied wildly in their numbers, they all seemed to spell out the same results: AI remains more of an experimental plaything in the workplace than a serious driver of productivity.<\/p>\n

One economist at Stanford who tracks the use of generative AI at work found a major drop<\/a> in usage month to month: though 46 percent of respondents reported using the tech in June, that number had fallen to 37 percent by September. Another estimate, by Fintech firm Ramp<\/a>, found that AI use at American corporations went through the roof earlier in 2025 to around 40 percent, but has since plateaued.<\/p>\n

The results follow a disappointing summer for AI advancements, with models like OpenAI\u2019s GPT-5<\/a> falling short of expected performance gains. Still, the cracks in enterprise AI adoption had begun to show as early as December of 2024, when an EY pulse survey<\/a> of 500 senior executives found over half felt they were \u201cfailing in their role\u201d of supporting AI in their companies.<\/p>\n

Instead, executives pointed to a creep of \u201cAI fatigue\u201d among the rank and file \u2014 which a year of AI horrors<\/a> probably hasn\u2019t helped.<\/p>\n

With a $600 billion gulf between AI revenue and AI spending, an immense amount is riding on whether the tech can start bringing home the bacon. <\/p>\n

More on AI: <\/strong>AI Companies Are Treating Their Workers Like Human Garbage, Which May Be a Sign of Things to Come for the Rest of Us<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The post The Number of People Using AI at Work Is Suddenly Falling<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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