AI will change jobs in Asia Pac: Microsoft Work Trend Index reveals how
Microsoft has announced it is expanding access to the Microsoft 365 Copilot preview and introducing new features and it has also released insights from its 2023 Work Trend Index report: 'Will AI Fix Work?' This follows on from earlier in 2023 when Microsoft had introduced Microsoft 365 Copilot, to bring new generative AI capabilities to apps like Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Microsoft Teams and more.
The 2023 Work Trend Index data shows that the pace of work has accelerated faster than humans can keep up, and it's impacting innovation.
Notably, next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) will lift this immense weight of work and importantly, organizations that move first to embrace AI will get to increase creativity and productivity.
“AI represents a whole new way of working, as it moves from autopilot to copilot, freeing us from digital debt and fuelling innovation,” said Vinod Muralidharan, Microsoft Asia General Manager of Modern Work.
“Work Trend Index research suggests 78% of people in this region would delegate as much work as possible to AI to lessen their workloads. The most pressing opportunity and responsibility for every leader is to understand how to leverage AI to remove the drudgery of work, unleash creativity, and build AI aptitude.”
The report shares three key insights for business leaders to responsibly adopt AI:
1. Digital debt is costing us innovation - We're all carrying digital debt: The volume of data, emails and chats has outpaced our ability to process it all. Every minute spent managing this digital debt is a minute not spent on creative work. 72% of people in Asia Pacific say they don't have enough time and energy to get their work done, and those people are 3x more likely to say they
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