There is no shortage of AI tools promising to transform your working day. Most of them will not. After months of testing, these are the categories that consistently save our team real time.
Writing and editing
General-purpose assistants are excellent at first drafts, rewrites for tone and turning rough notes into structured documents. They are weakest when facts matter: always verify names, numbers and quotes.
Meetings and research
Meeting transcription with automatic summaries and action items is one of the most reliable productivity gains available today. AI search engines that cite their sources speed up background research considerably.
Coding and automation
Even non-developers can now write small scripts and spreadsheet formulas with AI help. Automation platforms with AI steps can route emails, extract data from invoices and update records without code.
Key takeaways
- Writing and editing
- Meetings and research
- Coding and automation
