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AI may reduce after-hours work

Treated workers who used the tool reduced work outside regular hours. Productivity technology can therefore affect wellbeing and time boundaries, not only measured output.

National Bureau of Economic Research9 May 2025Reviewed 26 July 2026
AI may reduce after-hours workFUURAA original conceptual visual

What the evidence indicates

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Treated workers who used the tool reduced work outside regular hours. Productivity technology can therefore affect wellbeing and time boundaries, not only measured output.

FUURAA interpretation

Why this could matter

AI evaluations should include overtime, stress and schedule control alongside efficiency.

How to read this signal

Documented development

The underlying event, report or finding has been published. Its future consequences may still be uncertain.

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