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About 11% of workers say their employer actively prohibits AI usage at work.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
The company is burning usage rates and a good bit of customer goodwill.
From Slate • Apr. 14, 2026
“Outcome maxxing >> token maxxing,” Yamini Rangan, chief executive of software company HubSpot wrote on LinkedIn, expressing a common sentiment that maximizing AI usage is pointless unless it has real returns.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
A school will receive funding for lockable phone cases to support efforts to limit mobile usage by pupils.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Every year they fill out questionnaires on pronunciation, meaning, and usage, and the dictionary reports the results in usage notes attached to entries for problematic words.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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