Employers will need fewer workstations as the use of artificial intelligence replaces desk-based jobs and offices will increasingly become places where people gather to share information and meet in person, design firm Hassell’s latest global survey of office workers shows.

The proportion of office workers using AI once a week or more – for tasks such as writing, research and admin – jumped by half to 46 per cent of Australian respondents in Hassell’s Workplace Futures Survey 2025, from 30 per cent a year earlier.

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