[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-59-of-tech-workers-say-ai-has-added-to-their-workload":10,"sections":40},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":35,"feedback":39,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":39,"total_tokens":39},12143,"59-of-tech-workers-say-ai-has-added-to-their-workload","59% of Tech Workers Say AI Has Added to Their Workload","Web Summit's first industry report finds just 20% of tech workers say AI lightened their load, while 59% say it made work heavier.","Almost six in 10 people working in tech say AI has made their workload bigger, not smaller, according to Web Summit's first State of the Industry report.\n\nThe breakdown: 59% of respondents said their workload had increased. 20% said it had fallen, and another 20% saw little change. Workers reporting a heavier load outnumber those reporting a lighter one by about three to one.\n\nThe sample matters. These are people who work in tech, which puts them closer to AI tools than most workers, and nobody can easily dismiss them as reluctant newcomers who never gave the software a fair try.\n\nThat sits awkwardly with the central pitch for workplace AI, which vendors have long built around time saved. If only one respondent in five reports relief, the promise is landing for a minority.\n\nA survey like this captures how work feels, not how many hours it takes or how much gets produced, so it cannot separate wasted effort from higher output. Both explanations are plausible. Tools that speed up drafting or coding can raise expectations for how much gets done, and machine-generated work that needs checking or correcting creates tasks of its own.\n\nThe 20% who said their workload fell are the more interesting group. Whether they differ from the 59% by role, by tools or by employer would show if the problem is the technology or how companies deploy it.","[\"ai\",\"workplace\",\"surveys\",\"web-summit\"]","2026-10-22T12:17:17.000Z","2026-10-22T13:43:17.821Z","2026-10-22T13:43:18.061Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Remove the copy that narrates source gaps and discrepancies (the '99%, which looks like rounding' aside, and 'the material available does not say' \u002F 'as summarized'), since reconciling or flagging these belongs outside the article; also drop the unsupported 'October 22' date, because the source only says 'Thursday', and either source or cut the email\u002Fspreadsheet historical claim; keep the lede and the rest of the analysis.","resolved","ai",[30,32,33,34],"workplace","surveys","web-summit",[36],{"name":37,"url":38},"The Next Web","https:\u002F\u002Fthenextweb.com\u002Fnews\u002Fai-workload-web-summit-state-of-the-industry-survey",0,{"sections":41},[42,46,51,56,61,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,101,106],{"name":43,"slug":30,"count":44,"latest_published_at":45},"AI",7062,"2026-10-22T17:00:39.000Z",{"name":47,"slug":48,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"Security","security",1042,"2026-10-22T15:11:26.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"Policy","policy",570,"2026-10-22T16:00:29.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Deals","deals",558,"2026-10-22T13:00:00.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Hardware","hardware",287,"2026-10-22T16:18:47.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",281,"2026-10-22T14:09:11.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Science","science",214,"2026-10-22T14:59:28.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Startups","startups",142,"2026-10-22T16:05:08.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Software","software",138,"2026-10-22T04:52:10.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",122,"2026-10-21T16:00:00.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"General","general",96,"2026-10-22T16:00:00.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Gaming","gaming",86,"2026-10-22T13:17:59.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":107,"slug":108,"count":109,"latest_published_at":110},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]