This Study Shows Filipino Workers Lead the World in Using AI

Earlier this month, Microsoft Corp. and LinkedIn released their global 2024 Work Trend Index on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace. With it, we're learning global and regional insights into the current job market and how employees of the future can use AI to advance their careers.

The survey would gather responses from 31,000 people across 31 countries, examining labor trends, Microsoft 365 productivity signals, and data from Fortune 500 customers. The good news is that Filipino employees are not just leading Asia in terms of AI usage for productivity but also around the world.

This index's findings suggest that 86 percent of Filipino knowledge workers use AI at work, compared to the global and regional averages of 75 percent and 83 percent, respectively. AI was found to have saved employees about 30 minutes of daily work, as well.

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“[Last year] will be remembered as the year of AI, but this year we will start to see real impact as we move from potential applications to living innovations. The current state of AI adoption in the Philippines is very promising," said Microsoft Philippines CEO Peter Maquera.

He continued: "We’re seeing innovation at scale across industries through our customers, who are unlocking efficiency, personalization, security, and sustainability by applying AI solutions to their challenges and priorities,”

Highlighted, too, is the anxiety among half of Filipino leaders that their organizations lack a standard plan for AI implementation in the workplace. The research emphasizes that 70 percent of leaders will only hire professionals with AI capabilities.

Experts advise that workplaces can take advantage by investing more in AI and equipping their employees with such tools. In fact, executives here in the Philippines would rather hire less experienced workers with AI knowledge compared to experienced candidates.

Filipino workers are becoming more interested in learning about new tech, as well. The research also found out that Filipino AI users are 30 percent more likely to get training on prompts and for their roles. These numbers are the latest in what seems to be an AI-savvy workforce emerging in the country.