Abstract:
A survey by Deloitte shows that nearly one in 10 British employees have used AI tools that are prohibited or opposed by their employer, highlighting the growing conflicts between employees and management over the use of this technology. The survey found that 63% of employees have used AI tools at work, indicating that many people hope to use AI to improve work performance or speed up tedious tasks. At the same time, 63% of the 25,000 respondents are worried that management may think AI can replace them.
The survey results show that employees are eager to adopt AI, but they feel that their employers are restricting its use or may use the promotion of AI as an excuse to lay off employees and lower their salaries.
Paul Lee, who is responsible for conducting the survey, said employees will simultaneously think "this may increase my productivity and this may reduce my value." He said this deepened the "stigma" of AI in the workplace.
The above figures further confirm that the unauthorized use of AI tools is very common in the workplace. Cyberhaven, a data security company that tracks data transfers at hundreds of companies, found that one-third of employees use AI through personal accounts and nearly 40% of AI interactions involve sensitive data. A Microsoft report last October stated that the proportion of unauthorized use of AI tools reached 71%.
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