OpenAI Finds AI Saves Workers Nearly an Hour a Day on Average

December 8, 2025, 12:00 PM UTC

OpenAI’s artificial intelligence products are saving workers an average of about 40 to 60 minutes a day on professional tasks, according to a large survey conducted by the ChatGPT maker amid lingering skepticism of the economic benefits of AI.

Employees in industries such as data science, engineering and communications, as well as certain roles like accounting, reported some of the most time saved from using AI, according to OpenAI’s survey of 9,000 workers across 100 companies. Three quarters of employees said that using AI at work has improved either the speed or quality of their output, the survey found.

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