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The Great AI Attrition: Why your best AI talent is eyeing the exit

Top AI performers are twice as likely to quit, according to new research from the Upwork Research Institute. As leaders focus on using AI to maximize worker productivity, they’re losing sight of the flight risk created across the very workers using AI most effectively. So what are the implications of an en masse AI talent drain?

We need only look as far back as the 1990s for clues.

Today’s AI efficiency experts are like the early adopters of the burgeoning internet. In the ‘90s, self-taught employees started building websites, automating workflows, and reshaping communication at work. Instead of being seen as providing a core business advantage, these innovators were often viewed through a narrow

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