Unveiling the Hidden Labor of Botsitting in AI Workplaces
A June 2026 survey of 6,000 office workers in the US, UK, and Australia reports AI “saves” 11 hours a week, but 6.4 hours are spent supplying context, checking, correcting, and cleaning outputs—work Glean’s Work AI Institute and academic…
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