ActivTrak in the Media
7 mentions across press, blogs, and newsletters
March 2026
ExtremeTech
Amazon's Internal AI Tools Only Make Work Harder for Employees
That's not subjective, either—new research backs it up.
Mar 16, 2026
Fortune
AI isn’t reducing workloads for employees, it’s straining them—time spent on emailing has doubled, while deep-focus work has fallen by 9%
Workers who use AI are spending up to 346% more time on their daily tasks, from messaging to business management: “The data is unambiguous: AI does not reduce workloads.”
Mar 13, 2026
GizmodoTech Media
Amazon Employees Say AI Is Just Increasing Workload. A New Study Confirms Their Suspicions
Silicon Valley promised AI would make work less intense. Employees would beg to differ.
Mar 12, 2026
Yahoo Finance
Amazon puts humans back in the loop as its retail website crashes from ‘inaccurate advice’ that an AI agent took from an old wiki
There was a different agenda at a weekly operations meeting recently: the fact that Amazon.com hasn't been working as smoothly.
Mar 12, 2026
Fortune
Amazon puts humans back in the loop as its retail website crashes from ‘inaccurate advice’ that an AI agent took from an old wiki
There was a different agenda at a weekly operations meeting recently: the fact that Amazon.com hasn't been working as smoothly.
Mar 12, 2026
Futurism
AI Is Forcing Employees to Work Harder Than Ever
Even if AI does increase productivity, it's not exactly good news for workers. The post AI Is Forcing Employees to Work Harder Than Ever appeared first on Futurism
Mar 12, 2026
Wall Street JournalMajor Publication
AI Isn’t Lightening Workloads. It’s Making Them More Intense.
The technology is increasing the speed, density and complexity of work rather than reducing it, a new analysis of 164,000 people’s work activity shows.
Mar 11, 2026