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Fortune
Orianna Rosa Royle

Gen Alpha won’t ever have to write an email when they join the workforce, new research reveals—they’ll be sending voice notes to their boss instead

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Spending hours typing away at emails, making sure the tone treads the right balance of not too blunt or too casual (or that you’ve not sent a single typo to a boss), could soon be a thing of the past; The London School of Economics has warned that the days of the keyboard are numbered. 

The science specialist university, together with Jabra, studied how voice technology will impact the future of work, and the scientists predicted that by 2028, voice AI will become the default way of working. 

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