workplace

A roundup of the 15 best office chairs as tested in 2026, along with ergonomic tips for proper desk setup.

This paper revisits the WorkBench benchmark for workplace agents two years after its initial release, showing that the best agent (Claude Opus 4.8) now completes 89% of tasks with only 2.5% harmful side effects, compared to GPT-4's 43% completion and 26% harm rate in 2024. It finds that capability and safety improve together, open-weight models have drastically lowered costs, and some basic mistakes persist.

A critical blog post arguing that workplace AI adoption is a mass delusion, citing failed LLM projects, wasted resources on consultants and workshops, and neglect of core employee needs.

The article argues that AI agents will automate the busywork that many office jobs rely on to appear productive, exposing workers who were merely looking busy rather than producing real value.

The article argues that CEOs who mandate AI usage without understanding its limitations are misguided, and that effective AI adoption requires willing employees and a realistic grasp of the technology's capabilities and required effort.

A roundup of major AI developments: SpaceX signs a $920M monthly deal with Google for 110,000 Nvidia chips, Trump administration considers equity stakes in top AI firms, Meta's automated AI support is hacked to take over high-profile accounts, and tech workers transition from manual labor to strategic tasks with AI.

A measured 7.8% productivity gain from AI across hundreds of engineers contradicts the 10x hype, with many gains fading, fueling backlash over benefits not being shared with workers.

A tweet comparing AI adoption to replacing employees with geniuses lacking domain knowledge, resulting in chaos.

The article covers the growing trend of employers making AI workplace training mandatory for employees, with an emphasis on the urgency and consequences of non-compliance.

The article argues that the phrase 'AI is just a tool' is a political strategy used by companies to disguise power dynamics, redistribute risk and labor, and neutralize critiques, highlighting how mandatory adoption and tracking create new norms without collective agreement.

A protest is taking place at Meta offices in the USA over the company's use of mouse tracking for AI data collection, following previous reports on the practice.

Linear has announced a workforce reduction driven by the adoption of agentic AI, clarifying that the cuts are due to role reimagining rather than performance issues.

OpenAI employee Eva Spannagl describes the intense work culture at the company, attributing the high effort to genuine excitement about the mission rather than external pressure.

OpenAI Academy launches ChatGPT for managers, a resource guide demonstrating ChatGPT applications across 10 core management scenarios including strategy, hiring, performance reviews, communication, and change management.

Jotform founder shares lessons from two decades of leadership, arguing that star performers don't automatically create high-performing teams and that AI can exacerbate this problem.