'Invisible work' of AI falls disproportionately to middle managers, women

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It's a common refrain that AI is changing how we work, but new research conducted by the Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab, housed in the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, shows that AI is creating new forms of work and reconfiguring employees'…

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:20:01 UTC.

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