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New study finds AI doesn’t reduce work — it intensifies it

Jon Keegan / sherwood - Researchers observing how workers used AI found that productivity increased, but so did their responsibilities. The use of generative AI made workers feel they were doing more, but the work crept into breaks...

#ai #automation #digitaltransformation #aiethics #genai #business #jobs #productivity

Sigh, twas ever thus: “You had thought that maybe, oh, because you could be more productive with AI, then you save some time, you can work less. But then really, you don’t work less. You just work the same amount or even more.”

24 days / bsky / @emryss.bsky.social / emryss.bsky.social

The first signs of burnout are coming from the people who embrace AI the most

24 days / techcrunch / Connie Loizos

Researchers Studied Work Habits in a Heavily AI-Pilled Workplace. They Sound Hellish

25 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It

25 days / reddit / /u/swe129

New study finds AI doesn’t reduce work — it intensifies it

25 days / sherwood / Jon Keegan

AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It

25 days / simonwillison / Simon Willison

AI Doesn't Reduce Work–It Intensifies It

25 days / ycombinator

Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 18953 / 7 stories in 25 days


ChatGPT Rolls Out Ads, Just Hours After Anthropic's Mocking Super Bowl Commercials

Jose Antonio Lanz / decrypt - OpenAI started testing ads in ChatGPT on Monday, hours after Anthropic's Super Bowl commercials mocked the idea. The $8 billion loss explains why.


Anthropic Super Bowl ad rivalry

Alphabet Prints Debt. OpenAI Prints Ads.

24 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

OpenAI Responds to Critical Super Bowl Commercials by Putting Ads in ChatGPT

25 days / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

'Roaring cougars' lunched on OpenAI in Super Bowl ad battle, but ai.com wins the day

25 days / theregister / O'Ryan Johnson

OpenAI Starts Testing Ads in ChatGPT Hours After Anthropic's Super Bowl Jab

25 days / implicator / Maria Garcia


ChatGPT ad rollout details

OpenAI tests sponsored ads in ChatGPT for free US users

24 days / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

OpenAI ChatGPT Ads Go Live With User Ad Controls

24 days / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

You can avoid ChatGPT ads, but your Free limits may change

24 days / digitaltrends

ChatGPT Free and Go Tiers Now Show Ads to US Users

24 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

ChatGPT now shows ads to free users in the US

24 days / ithinkdiff / Asma Hussain

OpenAI begins rolling out ads for ChatGPT Free and Go users

24 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

ChatGPT Rolls Out Ads to Free Users

25 days / reddit / /u/i-drake

OpenAI starts displaying ads to some ChatGPT users in the US

25 days / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

OpenAI introduces ads...for the people!

25 days / theregister / Thomas Claburn

OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT

25 days / mashable

ChatGPT Begins Showing Ads to US Users for the First Time

25 days / cnet / Macy Meyer

OpenAI Begins Testing Ads In ChatGPT For Free And Go Users via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

25 days / searchenginejournal / Matt G. Southern

OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT's Free and Go plans

25 days / betanews / Wayne Williams

ChatGPT’s cheapest options now show you ads

25 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

OpenAI Begins Testing Ads in ChatGPT: When to Expect Them in Canada

25 days / iphoneincanada / Gary Ng

OpenAI Starts Running Ads in ChatGPT

25 days / slashdot / msmash

ChatGPT rolls out ads

25 days / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

ChatGPT Rolls Out Ads, Just Hours After Anthropic's Mocking Super Bowl Commercials

25 days / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

ChatGPT now shows ads to free and Go users, with opt-out cutting daily message limits

25 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI is now officially showing ads

25 days / sherwood / Rani Molla

OpenAI starts testing ads in ChatGPT

25 days / engadget / Kris Holt

Testing Ads in ChatGPT

25 days / ycombinator

OpenAI will reportedly start testing ads in ChatGPT today

25 days / theverge / Emma Roth


Other tech trends commentary

Jony Ive is done working with "assholes"

25 days / sources / Alex Heath

Why the infinite-scroll childhood may be coming to an end

25 days / platformer / Casey Newton


All Other Stories

Me too, Jony sources.news/p/jony-ive-i...

24 days / bsky / @stephenrobles.com / stephenrobles.com

The walls are closing in on infinite-scroll feeds and other addictive design mechanics. I wrote about how lawyers and regulators may have finally found a way around Section 230 www.platformer.news/social-media...

25 days / bsky / @caseynewton.bsky.social / caseynewton.bsky.social

The walls are closing in on infinite-scroll feeds and other addictive design mechanics. I wrote about how lawyers and regulators may have finally found a way around Section 230 https://www.platformer.news/social-media-addiction-trial-eu-tiktok-investigati

25 days / bsky / @caseynewton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy / caseynewton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 18951 / 32 stories in 25 days


EU tells Meta it has to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots

Francesca Micheletti / politico - The Commission sent the U.S. tech giant a chargesheet with preliminary concerns that it breached antitrust rules.


Calls for Technical Overhaul

EU Commission targets Meta’s blockade of rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp

25 days / techzine / Erik van Klinken


EU Antitrust Warnings & Orders

EU Commission Says WhatsApp Banning Other AI Chatbots May Be Anticompetitive

25 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

EU warns Meta it must open up WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots

25 days / techxplore

EU wants Meta to open up access to rival AI chatbots through WhatsApp

25 days / sherwood / Rani Molla

EU regulators say Meta AI holds unfair monopoly on WhatsApp

25 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

EU warns Meta over blocking rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp

25 days / engadget / Sarah Fielding

EU tells Meta to let rivals run AI chatbots on WhatsApp

25 days / bbc

Meta warned EU plans to impose measures on tech giant to reverse WhatsApp AI policy

25 days / cnbc

EU tells Meta it has to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots

25 days / politico / Francesca Micheletti


Threats of Interim Measures & Injunctions

EU Threatens Meta With Interim Measures Over WhatsApp AI Block

25 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

European Commission seeks injunction in WhatsApp AI probe

25 days / globalcompetitionreview / Rashid Baxter

Brussels eyes crowbar for Meta's WhatsApp AI lockout

25 days / theregister / Carly Page

EU threatens Meta with interim measure for blocking AI rivals from WhatsApp

25 days / reddit / /u/Franco1875


All Other Stories

The EU warned Meta over blocking rival AI assistants on WhatsApp. https://sherwood.news/tech/meta-no-reason-for-the-eu-to-intervene-in-whatsapp-ai-policy/

25 days / bsky / @sherwood.news / sherwood.news

The European Commission will ask Meta to halt new terms that prevent rival AI chatbots from using WhatsApp, acting on concerns that the U.S. company is breaching the bloc’s antitrust rules.

25 days / bsky / @politico.eu / politico.eu

Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 5:20 am / permalink 18927 / 15 stories in 25 days


AI gold rush sees tech firms embracing 72-hour weeks

/u/plain_handle / reddit - submitted by /u/plain_handle [link] [comments]

#ai #startups #innovation #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #business #jobs #mentalhealth #technology

AI Gold Rush is Resurrecting China's Infamous 72-hour Work Week - in US

25 days / slashdot / msmash

AI gold rush sees tech firms embracing 72-hour weeks

25 days / reddit / /u/plain_handle

In the AI gold rush, tech firms are embracing 72-hour weeks

26 days / ycombinator

Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 2:20 am / permalink 18921 / 3 stories in 25 days


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