Artificial intelligence is becoming a teammate at work rather than just a tool. This weekly update explores how humans and AI can work together better.

Researchers at Northeastern University in the United States discovered something surprising. They found that being empathetic and understanding matters more than knowing special AI tricks. When people use AI, having good people skills helps them work together with the AI better. In their tests, humans got 56% of questions right on their own. But when working with AI, humans and AI together got much better results. Even when the AI was not very good on its own, combining human thinking with machine thinking created something much stronger.

Companies around the world are building new AI agent systems that can work for hours or even days without stopping. These agents are not just answering questions anymore. They are now making decisions and doing real work. In 2026, the big shift is from companies having one AI helper to having many AI agents working together as a team. This is called multi-agent systems.

However, there is a problem. Companies are seeing that workers who use AI a lot are getting burned out. About 88% of people using AI heavily report feeling exhausted. Some workers even trust the AI more than their coworkers. To fix this, companies need to think about the human side of AI. They need to make sure AI helps people feel better, not worse.

Leading companies are also creating new jobs for people who understand AI. These include AI security engineers and people who design how humans talk to AI. The message is clear: the future is not about AI replacing humans, but humans and AI working together successfully.