New research shows the next wave of AI expands both productivity and the scope of work. Listen to this article: For businesses, the most important question about agentic AI is whether it actually changes what work people can get done. The new working paper, “How AI Agents Reshape Knowledge Work: Autonomy, Efficiency, and Scope,” begins […]

A sweeping review finds persistent gender gaps in generative AI adoption across countries, jobs, and tools. Listen to this article: This Insight Article revises and updates the version published on April 17, 2025. The rapid spread of generative AI has created enormous expectations for productivity and growth. Yet new research points to a troubling pattern: […]

How a new benchmark uses business schools’ signature teaching tool to measure AI against the analytical work careers are built on. Listen to this article: Most of us are already comfortable handing AI short, one-off tasks like document summaries, email drafts, and data analysis, but we are less comfortable trusting its results on more complex […]