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AI Productivity
AI productivity is about getting real time back, not just trying new apps. This topic covers the AI tools and habits that remove busywork at work and at home.
The research is encouraging. A National Bureau of Economic Research study, Generative AI at Work, found that support agents using an AI assistant resolved 14% more issues per hour on average, and newer workers improved by about 34%. Microsoft’s Work Trend Index tracks similar shifts across office jobs.
Our AI productivity guides
Start with AI spreadsheet agents, which can clean, sort and analyse data for you. Then read how scheduled AI tasks work to set up jobs that run on their own. For households, see our guide to Google’s CC family AI agent.
Building an AI productivity routine
First, list the tasks you repeat every week. Next, hand one of them to an AI tool and check the output closely for a week. Once it proves reliable, add the next task. As a result, the gains build up without risking quality.
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