Original poster deletes viral FT AI-productivity chart tweet and apologizes for not reading the article
jburnmurdoch · x · 2026-11-01
The user who first shared FT's chart claiming AI boosted productivity since ChatGPT has deleted the post and clarified it was misleading: the article attributed the surge to Big Tech labor cuts and pre-existing trends, not AI directly. They admitted posting before finishing the article and apologized.
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