How much time is AI really saving your workers? Apparently just 16 minutes a week as 'time saved generating content is being absorbed by the time
required to trust it'

Date:
Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:25:00 +0000

Description:
Although AI is savings workers hours per week on actual content generation time, they're spending most of that saved time fact-checking.

FULL STORY
Workers and execs are only getting 14-16 minutes of net time savings from AI, report claims
Most saved time is being spent fact-checking and validating output
Most executives say they plan on retraining and upskilling workers

Most execs (89%) and workers (79%) now agree that while AI is improving productivity , but exactly how much time they're saving is up for debate.

New research from Foxit suggests the real time gains could be minimal
compared to the potential, simply because of the amount of time workers are having to devote to trusting and understanding AI tools . Per the report's data, execs have only been gaining 16 minutes per week, and workers just 14 minutes, despite AI's bold claims.

AI isn't actually saving you that much time... yet -- On the flip side,
execs were spending four hours and 20 minutes validating outputs, with
workers spending an equally-significant three hours and 50 minutes checking generated content.

Foxit calls this a 'verification burden', where the time saved by creating content is being offset by fact-checking and making other corrections.

Even though they're spending more time verifying, 60% of executives say
they're highly confident in AI outputs, but only around one in three workers are confident. This lack of trust was the second-biggest AI barrier, cited by 34% of workers, with data privacy and security concerns (36%) slightly
pipping it. Accuracy concerns (25%) were also raised.

But change could be on the horizon, with nearly three-quarters (72%) of executives focusing on retraining or upskilling employees to handle AI. Are
you a pro?

"The next phase of document intelligence wont be defined by more AI features, but by embedding accurate, transparent intelligence directly into workflows," Marketing SVP Evan Reiss wrote, "reducing validation time while keeping
humans firmly in control."

Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/pro/how-much-time-is-ai-really-saving-your-workers-a pparently-just-16-minutes-a-week-as-time-saved-generating-content-is-being-abs orbed-by-the-time-required-to-trust-it

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