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   New report on AI adoption warns workers could face more complex   
   responsibilities for lower pay   
      
   Date:   
   Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:40:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   AI could lead to productivity, unemployment, and health gaps  we should focus   
   on sustainable human-AI collaboration.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   A new Occupational Medicine journal article has uncovered the potential   
   impacts that AI could have on work, and it could mean that we'll face higher   
   workloads without seeing a correlative pay rise.    
      
   By automating routine and administrative tasks, AI has now presented human   
   workers with a new challenge  managing it. The researchers worry this could    
   be adding to stress and pressure, particularly without the correct training.    
      
   All of this comes as AI promises to deliver huge productivity boosts, but the   
   reality is that the tech has threatened to create major industrial shifts and   
   even displace (or redefine) entry-level workers.   
      
   Is AI making work more stressful?   
      
   The report warns that AI can increase workers' responsibilities despite   
   claiming to make work easier, therefore salaries aren't rising. For example,    
   a separate 2024 report citing in the article shows how AI tools can slow work   
   down, causing employees to check and correct AI errors that wouldn't have    
   been there otherwise.    
      
   The researchers describe these as "hidden workloads that negate the benefit    
   of automating outsourcing tasks."    
      
   Looking ahead, the research calls for more thought to be given to where    
   humans sit "in the [AI] loop." Poor management may also lead to productivity   
   gaps as well as health and unemployment consequences across industries, age   
   groups, and regions.    
      
   A previous MIT study found that around one in nine US jobs could be replaced   
   by artificial intelligence. Separate Bank of England and ONS data shows youth   
   unemployment rising across the UK.    
      
   With AI transforming historically slow-to-evolve industries more quickly, the   
   report underscores the urgency in "finding routes to sharing learning."    
      
   While many fear that AI could replace jobs, this report concludes that    
   greater care should be given to how we handle this transitionary period to   
   ensure that humans continue to play a sustainable role in productivity.    
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/new-report-on-ai-adoption-warns-workers-could-fa   
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