Slide Team Inc. (Sapporo, Hokkaido; Representative Director: Maiki Takahashi) conducted a survey of 293 sales professionals regarding the use of generative AI in document creation.

The results revealed that 65.2% of sales professionals feel burdened by document creation tasks. While 58.9% of AI users reported reducing creation time by over 30%, challenges remain, such as the burden of prompt engineering, verification, and the tendency for documents to look like generic "AI-generated" designs.

Key Highlights: - Over 60% of sales staff feel burdened by document creation. - Approximately 1/3 of AI users feel they have reduced creation time by 30-40%. About 1/4 reported cutting time by more than half. - Only about half of the respondents currently use generative AI, suggesting an emerging productivity gap between companies. - Significant challenges remain regarding prompt creation for ideal outputs and the time needed for verification and corrections. - "Generic AI-like design" is a noted issue, creating quality concerns for executive and client-facing documents.

Survey Details: 1. Burden: 65.2% find document creation burdensome, with 40% spending more than 6 hours per week on it. 2. AI Adoption: 53.9% use generative AI. Top services are ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini. 3. Usage: Primarily for customer proposals, meeting minutes, and reports; specifically for drafting/summarizing and brainstorming. 4. Efficiency: Nearly 60% reported a reduction of 30% or more in creation time. 5. Challenges: Difficult prompt creation, accuracy concerns, design homogenization, revision efforts, and template compatibility.

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  • Source: PR TIMES
  • Category: Survey
  • Products / services: ChatGPT / Copilot