“With the UAE taking a leadership position in AI, it is vital for employers to keep pace with the technology and understand exactly how it impacts their company, and how to best integrate it into their processes and practices,” comments Jad Haddad, Head of Digital IMEA, Oliver Wyman. “This research underscores the readiness of employees to utilise AI, while also alerting employers of the need to take control of the situation to ensure AI works for their organisation, and by extension for employees, customers, and for society as a whole.”
The security risks of public Gen AI tools
With research from Zscaler highlighting how organisations are feeling the pressure to rush into Gen AI tool usage, despite significant security concerns, organisations today must consider these threats.
According to Oliver Wyman’s report, the potential repercussions of employees using AI without the right training are serious, particularly in terms of security, with 94% of UAE employees who are using AI saying that they may have exposed proprietary data while using public generative AI tools, posing an ongoing risk to their organisation.
AI may also impact staff retention, with the increasing use of AI in the workplace apparently changing employee behaviour. Some 25% of UAE employees report they are job-seeking due to AI disruption: reflecting how technologies such as AI are changing the future workforce.
The research also revealed that employees are open to using AI as a tool when changing jobs, with 41% of UAE respondents saying they are open to AI screening their job applications, signalling potential shifts in the future of hiring.
Also, more than half of UAE employees (52%) say they would prefer working with an AI colleague over a human one, indicating that staff could respond well to a significant increase in the use of AI in the workplace.
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