Ideas: Steering AI toward the work future we want

Microsoft Research Blog / 4/10/2026

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Key Points

  • Microsoft Chief Scientist Jaime Teevan and Microsoft researchers discuss the 2025 “New Future of Work” report and what an ideal AI-enabled working world could look like.
  • The discussion focuses on how to steer AI so it supports desired outcomes in the future of work rather than shaping work in unintended ways.
  • It explores whether AI should be treated primarily as a tool or as a collaborator, emphasizing that the framing has practical implications for how people work with it.
  • The episode connects these ideas to the broader policy, design, and organizational decisions needed to make AI-driven collaboration beneficial and trustworthy.

Microsoft Chief Scientist Jaime Teevan and researchers Jenna Butler, Jake Hofman, and Rebecca Janssen unpack the New Future of Work Report 2025 and explore the ideal AI-driven working world. Plus, is AI a tool or a collaborator? And why the answer matters.

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