Is AI replacing the workplace water cooler?

Reported by Cape {town} Etc · Fri 07:00 · Lulama Klassen

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For many employees, asking AI for help has become as routine as opening an inbox. A difficult email, a half-formed idea or a problem that needs another perspective can now be handed to a chatbot within seconds, raising a new question about what happens to the human conversations that once shaped…

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