Businesses are wasting over $800 billion on admin that could be done by AI: study

Admin tasks that could be handled by AI tools are costing US businesses more than $818 billion a year in lost staff time, according to a study.

Research among 3,000 American office workers found that those responsible for admin tasks – from writing emails, taking notes, and preparing reports – estimate they waste an average of over five and a half hours a week manually completing routine work.