Workers Are Excited About AI Agents — So Why Are Companies Screwing It Up?

Workers Are Excited About AI Agents — So Why Are Companies Screwing It Up?

A new EY study shows workers are eager to embrace AI agents — 84% say they’re ready, and most expect agents to boost productivity and work-life balance. But companies are failing to match that enthusiasm with clear communication, effective training, and updated management approaches. NLW breaks down the data and explores what it really takes to build an AI-ready organization. Brought to you by: KPMG – Discover how AI is transforming possibility into reality. Tune into the new KPMG 'You Can with AI' podcast and unlock insights that will inform smarter decisions inside your enterprise. Listen now and start shaping your future with every episode. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.kpmg.us/AIpodcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.kpmg.us/AIpodcasts] AssemblyAI - The best way to build Voice AI apps - ⁠⁠https://www.assemblyai.com/brief⁠⁠ [https://www.assemblyai.com/brief] Blitzy.com - Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blitzy.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://blitzy.com/] to build enterprise software in days, not months Robots & Pencils - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://robotsandpencils.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://robotsandpencils.com/] The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://besuper.ai/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://besuper.ai/ ]to request your company's agent readiness score. The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: https://pod.link/1680633614 Interested in sponsoring the show? sponsors@aidailybrief.ai

ChatGPT's First True Competitor? Anthropic Releases Claude 2

Anthropic has released Claude 2. The model preforms comparably to GPT-4 but offers a 100k context window for 4-5x cheaper. NLW does a roundup of the AI community's first impressions. Before that on the Brief: the OECD's 2023 employment report finds that more than a quarter of jobs in their member countries have the highest level of risk to be automated away by AI; OpenAI strikes a 6-year deal with Shutterstock and Senators reflect on yesterday's classified White House AI briefing. Today's Sponsor: Supermanage - AI for 1-on-1's - https://supermanage.ai/breakdown [https://supermanage.ai/breakdown] ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.    Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe [https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe]   Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown [https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown]   Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown [http://bit.ly/aibreakdown]   Learn more: http://breakdown.network/ [http://breakdown.network/]

Why Google Is Intentionally Limiting the Power of Bard AI

Google CEO Sunday Pichai told 60 Minutes that the company is purposefully limiting the power and capabilities of their Bard AI model to ensure society has time to catch up. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis also gives his view of the next wave of AI innovation. Before that on the Brief: the White House is holding its first classified briefing for the Senate; China is considering new AI content rules; Netflix has released a documentary about AI and the military. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.    Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe [https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe]   Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown [https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown]   Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown [http://bit.ly/aibreakdown]   Learn more: http://breakdown.network/ [http://breakdown.network/]

5 Ways AI Could Destroy Humanity

A reading of "Five ways AI might destroy the world: 'Everyone on Earth could fall over dead in the same second'" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/07/five-ways-ai-might-destroy-the-world-everyone-on-earth-could-fall-over-dead-in-the-same-second [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/07/five-ways-ai-might-destroy-the-world-everyone-on-earth-could-fall-over-dead-in-the-same-second] Featuring Max Tegmark, Elizerer Yudkowsky, Joshua Bengio and more.    ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.    Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe [https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe]   Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown [https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown]   Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown [http://bit.ly/aibreakdown]   Learn more: http://breakdown.network/ [http://breakdown.network/]cc

Forget Alignment, Here's Why Every AI Needs an Individual "Soul"

A reading of David Brin's "Give Every AI a Soul - or Else" https://www.wired.com/story/give-every-ai-a-soul-or-else/ [https://www.wired.com/story/give-every-ai-a-soul-or-else/] ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.    Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe [https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe]   Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown [https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown]   Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown [http://bit.ly/aibreakdown]   Learn more: http://breakdown.network/ [http://breakdown.network/]