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A UK government trial with 20K+ civil servants using Microsoft's Copilot AI for three months found a 26 minute average daily time saving, or two weeks per year (www.gov.uk)

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Over 20,000 civil servants were given the latest AI tech for 3 months, using it to draft documents, summarise meetings and more

from policy officials using it to cut through jargon and streamline consultations, to Work Coaches speeding up support for job seekers – officials said the tech boosted their ability to deliver the Plan for Change

comes as expansive research shows half of office work can be helped by AI, as government continues push to save £45 billion by creating a lean, modern state using tech

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

26mins seems within the margin of error. You could get at least an extra 26 mins of productivity out of someone in plenty of different ways.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

Ask everyone who the annoying co-worker is; you know the one that yaps to you about some inane bullshit that you don't care about for up to an hour everyday?

Fire "that guy" en masse and you would see massive gains.

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