Wednesday, 16 September, 2026
Out of Pocket Productivity: UK Employees Spend £1B on Personal AI Tools
By TechShots Studio

A Deloitte survey reveals that one in six UK workers pays for AI subscriptions out of pocket to assist with job tasks, totaling nearly £1 billion annually. Demonstrating widespread "shadow AI," employees are adopting paid generative tools faster than companies officially deploy them—using software to summarize data and draft emails, saving an average of 70 minutes per week.
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