In 2025, AI joined the workplace where it was the superstar employee, the confidante, and the scapegoat all at once.
2025 was unquestionably the year of the AI boom at work. When generative AI like ChatGPT entered the scene a few years ago, it started as a novelty. Early adapters saw its potential to change the way we work, but for most people it was a way to rewrite Keats’s poetry in pirate speak, or remix their favorite memes.
Not only is AI changing how we do our jobs, it’s changing how we get our jobs. AI generated rĂ©sumĂ©s submitted on LinkedIn surged by 45% this year. Job candidates are also using AI to find companies to apply to and help them network.Â
But in 2025 AI rolled into offices everywhere, taking up residence as the boss who set performance goals, the on-call therapist-cum-coach, and the silent brainstorm partner. A McKinsey study found that 33% of organizations used genAI at work in 2023, and 55% used AI. This year, that leapt to 79% and 88% respectively. Here are five ways AI changed work in 2025.
Read the complete Fast Company article BYÂ Shalene Gupta: https://www.fastcompany.com/91464151/5-ways-ai-changed-work-in-2025
