More than half of workers are already using AI in their jobs — but often in secret. So, is this “cheating”… or just how we work now?

In this episode, Work is Weird Now sits down with Dr. Tanya Kant (University of Sussex) and Greg Bortzkiewicz (Magenta Associates) to explore the ethics, emotions, and realities of AI in the workplace, drawing on their research report CheatGPT.

We dive into:

• Why people use AI secretly — and why that secrecy matters.
• How comms pros really use AI (spoiler: not for writing press-ready copy).
• The risks of opacity vs. the benefits of transparency.
• Why critical AI literacy — not just prompting skills — is the future.

This episode is for comms professionals, educators, team leaders, and anyone wondering: Am I using this right?

🎧 Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major platforms.

You can find the white paper referenced in this episode here: Gen AI: how and why its being used by comms professionals