More Aussie workers turn to AI but revolution is slow

More than fractional of Australian workers are utilizing artificial quality tools each time but astir of their bosses accidental they are yet to spot organisations transformed by the technology.

Atlassian released the findings from a study of much than 12,000 workers connected Thursday, which besides revealed three times arsenic galore Aussies were utilizing AI tools successful 2025 to claw backmost clip successful their working days.

The probe mirrors estimates from a recent Tech Council report, and comes aft the national authorities announced plans to marque investments successful AI a “national priority” pursuing its productivity roundtable.

The study, called the AI Collaboration Index, collated responses from 12,000 bureau workers successful Australia, the US, UK, France, Germany and India, successful summation to 180 executives from Fortune 1000 companies.

It recovered the fig of workers utilizing AI tools regular had doubled successful the past year but tripled successful Australia, where usage roseate from 15 per cent to 56 per cent.

Australian workers estimated they were 33 per cent much productive utilizing AI technology and saved an mean of 78 minutes each day.

Fewer Aussie respondents considered AI “useless successful the workplace” compared with 2024 – down 9 per cent – though astir considered AI to beryllium much similar a idiosyncratic adjunct than a originative partner.

But the probe besides showed fewer managers reported improvements to operations arsenic a effect of AI use, Atlassian teamwork Lab caput Molly Sands said, with lone three per cent saying it had created important change.

“People are utilizing AI a batch much than past year close crossed the globe but what we are not seeing yet is this company-wide transformation and truly profound change,” she told AAP.

“People are capable to bash idiosyncratic types of tasks faster, which is great, but translating that into amended teamwork, getting everyone moving successful the aforesaid direction, helping align people, giving radical the discourse and accusation they request is not broadly happening yet.”

Only two per cent of executives said work prime had improved with the instauration of AI and 4 per cent said it had improved efficiency.

Organisations looking to amended productivity utilizing AI were the slightest apt to spot benefits, the study found, and much than 1 successful three executives said AI had led to wasted clip oregon mediocre guidance.

The biggest aboriginal gains from AI technology were among engineering and accusation technology workers, the study found, but Ms Sands said companies seeking to marque large changes should supply entree to much workers and springiness AI tools entree to much data.

“Across the board, it’s really turning retired to beryllium a batch much valuable when you truly springiness them country to play with that technology,” she said.

“We’re still seeing beauteous heavy cognition silos and this is the spot where I think organisations truly request to think astir working successful a antithetic way successful bid to marque the astir of AI.”

Despite humble organisational changes, the study recovered executives expected lone 1 third of work would beryllium afloat produced by humans within 5 years.

Source: AAP