Blue Aegis Media https://blueaegis.co.jp/en/blog/ Notes on working with AI and on productivity, written from facts checked against their primary sources. en Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:29:26 GMT Adoption on par, results last — what PwC's six-country survey says about Japan https://blueaegis.co.jp/en/blog/japan-ai-performance-gap.html https://blueaegis.co.jp/en/blog/japan-ai-performance-gap.html Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT Japanese firms report 87% generative-AI adoption, level with the US and UK. But only 9% say results far exceeded expectations, last of six countries. What that gap is made of. AI adoption Survey data The payoff from AI tracks the number of uses — 90% report gains at seven or more https://blueaegis.co.jp/en/blog/breadth-of-ai-use.html https://blueaegis.co.jp/en/blog/breadth-of-ai-use.html Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT 52% of US workers now use AI at work. Among those with one or two use cases, 45% report a productivity gain. Among those with seven or more, 90% do. A practical order for widening. AI adoption Survey data Working in the age of AI agents — what the 19% at the Frontier have in common https://blueaegis.co.jp/en/blog/agents-at-work.html https://blueaegis.co.jp/en/blog/agents-at-work.html Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT Microsoft's 2026 survey of 20,000 workers across 10 countries finds only 19% of AI users work in Frontier conditions. Organisational factors outweigh individual effort two to one. AI adoption Ways of working