{"slug": "ai-saves-time-but-most-companies-waste-the-gain-study-shows", "title": "AI saves time but most companies waste the gain, study shows", "summary": "A new Boston Consulting Group study found that 74% of non-managerial white-collar workers now regularly use AI, a 23-point increase from last year, yet most companies fail to convert time savings into measurable value. Over 40% of these regular users reported saving a full workday or more per week, but BCG said leaders have not learned how to derive value from the freed-up time.", "body_md": "Employees across industries continue to adopt AI tools at a rapid rate, yet the technology’s impact on productivity and efficiency is uneven and muddled, according to a new study.\n\nSome 74% of white-collar workers with no managerial duties count themselves as regular users of artificial intelligence, a 23 percentage point increase from a year earlier, according to Boston Consulting Group’s latest AI at Work report. But many enterprises struggle to convert AI-driven efficiency gains into measurable value, BCG said.\n\nMore than 40% of the regular AI users among the white-collar workers not involved in management reported saving a full work day or more per week from using such tools. Still, leaders and organizations are yet to learn how to derive value from the saved time, BCG said.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-saves-time-but-most-companies-waste-the-gain-study-shows", "canonical_source": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/06/tech/ai-productivity-gains-muddled/", "published_at": "2026-06-06 02:45:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-06 04:36:14.772985+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-tools", "ai-products", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Boston Consulting Group"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-saves-time-but-most-companies-waste-the-gain-study-shows", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-saves-time-but-most-companies-waste-the-gain-study-shows.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-saves-time-but-most-companies-waste-the-gain-study-shows.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-saves-time-but-most-companies-waste-the-gain-study-shows.jsonld"}}