AI at Work: 12 Real Automations That Save 5–10 Hours a Week
AI-Powered Meeting Summaries & Action Items: Otter.ai, Zoom AI Companion, and Microsoft Teams Copilot transcribe meetings and generate summaries, with Microsoft data showing heavy users saving about 8 hours per month and typical users saving 3–5 hours per week. Automated Email Drafting & Responses: Gabrielle, a freelance branding consultant, uses ChatGPT in Gmail to draft client FAQs and replies, saving about 4–5 hours per week. Marketing Content Creation: Notion AI, Jasper, and ChatGPT generate first drafts for blogs and social posts, cutting writing time by roughly 40% and turning a 1,500-word blog from about 4–5 hours into around 2 hours