Nearly a Third of Workers Admit to Sabotaging Their Company’s AI Strategy

Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere—in emails, slide decks and calendars. But just because it is omnipresent in workplaces doesn't mean employees are embracing the tech. In fact, they could be doing just the opposite.

A new report by generative AI company Writer and research firm Workplace Intelligence reveals that 29 percent of workers surveyed across the U.S., U.K. and Europe admit to sabotaging their company’s AI strategy. The survey included 2,400 workers: 1,200 C-suite execs and 1,200 employees, ranging from individual contributors to managers/team leads.

The report details many forms of resistance. In some cases, employees said they have ignored guidelines, opted out of AI training, or flat-out refused to use AI tools. In more extreme situations, some admit to having fed sensitive company information to public, unapproved AI tools and even to tampering with performance metrics to make the tech seem less effective.

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