Workers may hide AI gains if being faster makes them look replaceable. A Norwegian deal and older management ideas are cited as ways to make sharing those gains safer.
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01Summary
- 01Glean surveyed 6,000 computer-based workers in the US, UK and Australia, and 36% of those who said AI helped them also said they hid how much it helped.
- 02More than half of AI users at work in a 2024 Microsoft and LinkedIn survey worried that using AI on important tasks would make them seem replaceable.
- 03Norway's government and eight employer and union organisations signed an AI agreement on 2 October that runs through 2029.
- 04In 2025, 52.6% of Norwegian employees were in a union, compared with 10% of American workers and 5.9% in the US private sector.
02Why it matters
The piece matters because it explains why workers may keep AI productivity gains to themselves, limiting how much employers can see or capture. It also shows how workplace rules and trust could shape whether AI leads to better jobs or fewer jobs.
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