Malaysian workers race ahead of employers in AI adoption

MALAYSIAN knowledge workers are moving faster than their employers in adopting artificial intelligence (AI), with employees reporting significant gains in what they can produce while many organisations have yet to establish clear leadership, accountability and workflows around the technology.

Management and socio-economic consulting firm, 27 Advisory cited Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index for Malaysia, which is based on a survey of 2,000 full-time employed and self-employed knowledge workers, found that 24 per cent of respondents qualified as "Frontier Professionals", compared with 16 per cent globally.

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