WorkThe story, in brief
AI and the productivity paradox
Your AI productivity gains are an illusion. Here's why organisations are actually getting slower.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
As enterprises deploy AI tools for routine tasks, time savings aren't translating to operational efficiency—instead, staff are spending cycles cleaning up AI-generated errors and managing quality control. This challenges the default assumption that AI automation = business acceleration.
The key facts
4 to knowProductivity time savings from AI are not automatically improving organisational function
Staff spending significant time on cleanup and quality control of AI outputs ('slop')
Disconnect between task-level efficiency and system-level organisational performance
Published by Financial Times — credible source on enterprise AI impact
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Financial Times Technologyft.com
Publisher excerpt: Routine time savings don’t automatically make organisations function better — and staff have to clean up a lot of slop