ChatGPT fever spreads to US workplace

LONDON/WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters): Many workers across the US are turning to ChatGPT to help with basic tasks, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, despite fears that have led employers such as Microsoft and Google to curb its use.
Companies worldwide are considering how to best make use of ChatGPT, a chatbot programme that uses generative AI to hold conversations with users and answer myriad prompts. Security firms and companies have raised concerns, however, that it could result in intellectual property and strategy leaks.
Anecdotal examples of people using ChatGPT to help with their day-to-day work include drafting emails, summarising documents and doing preliminary research.
Some 28 per cent of respondents to the online poll on artificial intelligence (AI) between July 11 and 17 said they regularly use ChatGPT at work, while only 22 per cent said their employers explicitly allowed such external tools.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll of 2,625 adults across the United States had a credibility interval, a measure of precision, of about 2 per centage points.
Some 10 per cent of those polled said their bosses explicitly banned external AI tools, while about 25 per cent did not know if their company permitted use of the technology.