Technology Magazine June 2026 | Page 16

STATISTICS

66 %

Microsoft surveyed 20,000 workers using AI across 10 countries and found two-thirds of respondents are using the tool to spend more time on high-value work

TRILLIONS

The amount of Microsoft 365 productivity signals analysed for the survey

4 MODES of working with AI: delegation, collaboration, asking and exploration

QUALITY CONTROL VS CRITICAL THINKING

Asked which human skills are more important as AI takes on more work, two topped the list: quality control of AI output( 50 %) and critical thinking( 46 %)

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