Workers could save 122 hours a year by adopting and in administration tasks, according to Google

Of Paul Sandle

London (Reuters) -Britain could get 400 billion pounds ($ 533 million) from AI’s growth if it formed its workforce, said Google, after a Pilot Scheme in the United Kingdom showed that workers could save more than 120 hours a year through AI in administrative tasks.

Simple steps such as giving workers permission to use the AI ​​and a few training hours to start them could help double the adoption of new technology and, at the same time, increase economic growth, Google said in a report on its pilot scheme, published on Friday.

The United States technological giant, who developed the Gemini Ai Chatbot, said that, according to the analysis of the first audience, his partner in the regime, two thirds of workers, especially older women from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, had never used and generative at work.

Debbie Weinstein, President of Google, Europe, Middle East and Africa, said that AI working pilots, made in a network of small businesses, educational trust and union, showed that workers could save an average of 122 hours a year through administrative tasks.

But a barrier that prevented him from putting a finger on the water was a concern that the use of the AI ​​in his work was neither legitimate nor fair.

“People wanted” permission to ask, “Weinstein said in an interview.” Is it okay for me to do this? “So giving them this peace of mind was really important.”

Once they started, a few hours of training IA to create their confidence caused them to use the technology double, he said, and they still used it several months later.

These simple interventions helped to restrict the AI ​​adoption gap among the participants in pilot studies, said Google in his AI works report.

Before training, for example, only 17% of women over 55 in their cohorts used ai weekly and only 9% daily.

Three months later, 56% used it weekly and 29% had a daily habit.

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(Report by Paul Sandle; Editing Susan Fenton)