How Are AI-Enabled PCs Transforming the Modern Workforce?

At Lenovo, we’ve embraced the latest advances in Large-Language Models (LLMs) to eliminate manual tasks, allowing employees to focus on value-added activities. Our knowledge workers are saving an average of 1.9 hours per week using Copilot for Microsoft 365. While generative AI is enabling our marketing and sales teams to produce compelling, personalized content 90% faster,. Additionally, automation in IT operations has resulted in average efficiency gains of 22% for application and hybrid cloud management.

Employee engagement is crucial for productivity and job satisfaction. AI-enabled PCs further contribute to employee engagement by offering tools that foster better communication and collaboration. For example, AI can analyse patterns in employee interactions and suggest ways to improve teamwork. Virtual assistants and chatbots can handle administrative tasks, allowing employees to concentrate on more meaningful work. Moreover, AI-driven analytics can gauge employee sentiment and provide insights to managers, helping them address concerns and enhance the work environment.

Personalization is another area where AI-enabled PCs excel. These systems can learn from user behaviour and preferences to tailor the computing experience. Personalized workspaces, adaptive learning platforms, and customized software interfaces ensure that employees have the tools and information they need right at their fingertips. This not only improves user experience but also reduces the time spent searching for resources, thus enhancing productivity.

Where customers are concerned  innovative AI technology has in some markets reduced its contact center handle times by 20%,  providing thousands of Lenovo Forum users quick access to the information they need. In effect, this has assisted with boosting customer support efficiency by 50%.

Accelerating AI Deployment in 2024 and Beyond

In 2024, AI-enabled PCs will revolutionize the workforce by boosting efficiency. As businesses adopt these technologies, they’re seeing a more productive, satisfied, and skilled workforce. From operations to customer engagement, AI’s power to drive workplace success is clear. The Lenovo AI Innovators program showcases this potential, featuring top-tier software partners working with Lenovo to deliver tailored, proven, and ready-to-deploy AI solutions. These solutions span computer vision, audio recognition, prediction, security, and virtual assistants, transforming operations across every industry.

By Yugen Naidoo, General Manager, Lenovo Southern Africa