Nothing’s more humbling than being the newbie at work and working up the courage to bug the boss for the ninth time that day, asking if they have a minute. Increasingly, it seems younger workers are turning to AI agents to save face and answer those learning-moment questions. But while a chatbot offers somewhere to take those questions—to explain an unfamiliar concept, walk through a spreadsheet formula, or rehearse interview answers over and over—when it’s time to execute its answers, AI might get it plain wrong. A new survey released Thursday by language-learning platform Preply found many young workers feeling stuck with AI use, struggling to put their learning into practice. Gen Z respondents were the most likely to use AI for learning, and also the most likely to say they struggled to apply what they learned or were told by the chatbot in real life. For employers, that gap raises a practical concern: whether workers are developing skills they can use on the job and what support they need to get there. Preply surveyed more than 5,000 working professionals across nine countries who tried to develop a career-related skill in the previous year. Among Gen Z respondents, 92% used AI for learning. Yet more than half (57%) said they struggled to put what they learned into practice, compared with 40% of Gen X respondents. Read more [paywall removed for Redditors]: https://fortune.com/2026/10/01/gen-z-ai-learning-struggle-to-apply-survey/ submitted by /u/fortune
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