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A news piece reporting on Amazon employees' complaints that internal AI tools increase workload rather than reduce it, corroborated by ActivTrak survey data showing AI adoption increases work volume across organizations despite promises of productivity gains.

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gizmodo.com · jamesgill · 2 days ago · details · hn
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A longitudinal study analyzing 40 companies from November 2024 through February 2026 found that despite 65% increase in AI adoption, pull request throughput only increased by ~10%, contradicting vendor marketing claims of 2-3x productivity gains. The research suggests coding was never the bottleneck, and non-coding activities like planning, review, and alignment remain untouched by AI.

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newsletter.getdx.com · donutshop · 3 days ago · details · hn