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Study: Workers Spend Nearly Seven Hours Weekly Correcting AI

A study commissioned by Arden University found that 46% of workers are redoing work produced incorrectly by colleagues using AI tools, according to the research. The study of 2,000 working adults found correction work takes an average of 6 hours and 57 minutes per week, and that two in 10 workers completely redo AI-generated content, […]

Truvace record2 min read1 sourceEvidence: Moderate · 53/100 — Survey · n = 2,000 · 1 independent sourceJournalismTRV-2026-2419 · cite or check it
Study: Workers Spend Nearly Seven Hours Weekly Correcting AI

In brief

A survey of 2,000 working adults commissioned by Arden University found that 46% are redoing work that colleagues produced incorrectly with AI tools. Correction takes an average of 6 hours and 57 minutes a week, and two in 10 workers completely redo AI-generated content.

The survey also found that AI use is widespread: nearly two-thirds of workers reported using it in the past three months, mostly to look up information, write emails or generate ideas. Half of those correcting colleagues' AI work used AI to help fix it, and 53% of employees do not tell their boss about their AI use.

An Arden University executive said a quick draft may save one person time while a colleague spends hours correcting it, so employers should weigh the effect on whole teams. Other research cited in the article, including a Workday study, also found that nearly 40% of saved time goes to rework.

Main points

  1. 46% of surveyed workers said they redo work colleagues produced incorrectly with AI.
  2. Correction work averages 6 hours and 57 minutes per week, close to a full working day.
  3. Two in 10 workers completely redo AI-generated content.
  4. 73% of Gen Z workers and 72% of Millennials reported using AI tools, versus 56% of Gen Xers.
  5. Half of workers correcting colleagues' AI work used AI to help fix it.
  6. 53% of employees do not tell their boss about their AI use at work.
  7. A Workday study cited in the article found workers save one to seven hours a week with AI, but nearly 40% of that time goes to rework.

The problem

In a survey of 2,000 working adults commissioned by Arden University, 46% said they redo colleagues' flawed AI work, averaging 6 hours 57 minutes of correction a week.

The full story

The research was commissioned by Arden University and covered 2,000 working adults. Nearly two-thirds reported using AI in the past three months, most often for information lookup, email writing and idea generation. Workers said AI helped them finish tasks faster, and one quarter said it helped them understand a difficult subject.

Use varied by age: 73% of Gen Z workers and 72% of Millennials reported using ChatGPT, Claude or similar tools, compared with 56% of Gen Xers. Fixing errors was often routed through AI itself, with half of those correcting colleagues' work using AI to do it.

Vitaly Klopot, Arden University's chief innovation and commercial officer, said getting an answer from a chatbot is only the starting point and that practical education could help workers get useful results more responsibly. The study also found that 53% of employees do not tell their manager about their AI use, leaving much of the correction labor invisible.

Sources

  1. JournalismNatural News2026-11-07

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