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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Akshay Puri

The End Of 5-Day Workweek? AI Could Cut It To 3 Days By 2031, Says Zoom CEO Eric Yuan

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says AI agents could reduce the workweek to three days by 2031.

The five-day workweek has defined modern employment for nearly a century. Offices, schools and entire economies operate around that schedule. Yet one of the technology leaders who helped accelerate remote work believes the system may soon change.

Zoom chief executive Eric Yuan says artificial intelligence could significantly reduce the number of days people work each week. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Yuan said advances in AI may cut the workweek to just three days within the next half decade. Yuan argued that technology is advancing faster than the structures that organise modern work.

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