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OpenAI productivity suite could change the way users create documents – Computerworld
Users will go “over the top,” asking Microsoft’s Copilot to create PowerPoint presentations, specifying the documents such as meeting notes or oral instructions that it should use to create the deck. “I predict that, by 2029, Microsoft PowerPoint will hide or remove 80% of the elements on the Ribbon, the set of navigation controllers. Why? Because you won’t need them…
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Biohacking the office: adapting the workplace environment to boost productivity
The term ‘biohacking’ has become synonymous with tech executives and millionaires going to extreme lengths in the pursuit of eternal youth and immortality. Yet biohacking is more than just about the rich experimenting with their health and pushing the boundaries of human biology. It’s also about how the workplace environment can be adapted and optimized to meet biological needs. This…
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AI chatbots deliver minimal productivity gains, study finds – Computerworld
Manish Goyal, vice president and senior partner for global AI and analytics at IBM Consulting, said there are three best practices that organizations sometimes forget when deploying AI. First, align AI use with key priorities. Second, build strong technical foundations. Third, manage change and develop skills to drive adoption and growth. “Clients have been seeing the most ROI when applying…
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Big tech promised developers productivity gains with AI tools – now they’re being rendered obsolete
Coding tools quickly emerged as one of the key use cases in the generative AI boom, with big tech providers promising marked productivity boosts and reduced workloads. With an AI companion at their side picking up the drudge work, it’s not hard to see why developers would be enthusiastic about them. Research from GitHub last year seemed to back this…
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GenAI boosts worker value, wages, and productivity everywhere – Computerworld
The impact of genAI on hiring has been stark, as companies grapple with cleaning, organizing, and sharing data stores for potential use by the technology. Demand for database architects skyrocketed, leaping 2312% in the past year, Mitchell said. Jobs for statisticians also rose sharply, up 382% in the same time frame. “AI isn’t replacing jobs — it’s fundamentally redefining how…
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Hype aside, AI may not be turbo-charging employee productivity just yet – Computerworld
Offering a different narrative on AI The study specifically looked at the Danish labor market in 2023 and 2024, gathering data from 25,000 workers and 7,000 workplaces. The researchers chose 11 “exposed” occupations: software developers, IT support, financial advisors, HR, accountants, customer-support, legal, marketing, office clerks, journalists and teachers. The study found that, by late 2024, AI chatbots were widespread:…
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7 easy tricks to boost your productivity
I spend plenty of time tweaking my tools, and Windows Terminal is one of my favorites. It’s not just about its look or modern feel: Windows Terminal manages to make daily tasks quicker and simpler, offering a user experience that’s far superior to older command-line interfaces. I’ve often come across new ways this tool can save me precious time that…
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Atlassian gathers its apps into collections to bolster productivity – Computerworld
Confluence, which focuses on creating and sharing knowledge with team members, has two new features. The “brainstorm facilitator” agent can take new or proposed data from the whiteboard and modify existing plans — such as marketing — based on the new data. It can also work with team members to refine plans. Without genAI tools, that needed to be done…
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A 60-hour week to ramp up AI development? Google co-founder Sergey Brin claims this is the ‘sweet spot of productivity’ – but developers are already burned out and overworked
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has urged employees to increase their hours to 60 per week in a bid to drive AI development at the tech giant. According to a leaked memo to staff, viewed by The New York Times, Brin asked workers to come into the office every weekday to help win the generative AI race against industry competitors such…
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Looking for a new mini PC? The ASUS NUC 15 Pro+ is a productivity powerhouse – it’s quieter than previous models, AI-enabled, and is very compact
ASUS has announced a new mini PC aimed at productivity and near silent operation, with advanced onboard hardware features designed to keep it competitive in the crowded mini PC field. The NUC 15 Pro+ is configurable with central processing units (CPUs) in the Intel Core Ultra processor family, as well as an Intel Arc GPU and up to 96GB of…
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