For every hour an employee spends getting a useful output from artificial intelligence, they spend another hour making it usable, a Glean survey found.
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For every hour an employee spends getting a useful output from artificial intelligence, they spend another hour making it usable, a Glean survey found.
Published June 11, 2026
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