Workplace AI adoption is straining trust among colleagues, surveys find

Generative AI is changing not only how employees complete tasks but how they judge, rely on, and withhold trust from the people they work with, according to multiple workplace studies, raising the risk that expected teamwork and productivity gains will stall. Researchers and employers report that tools meant to speed work are also rerouting help-seeking, hiding authorship, and widening gaps between staff who lean on models and those who still expect human collaboration.