A University of Phoenix report shows a rapid shift in how employees and employers are seeking to leverage GenAI technology.
The 2025 Generative AI Report: Learning Fuels Human + AI Collaboration is based on a national survey of more than 600 HR leaders and workers.
Key findings highlight that learning leaders are leveraging GenAI to increase efficiency of learning operations, drive innovations in learning, and reinvent the learning experience.
The 2025 findings build on those of the University’s 2024 GenAI Report: L&D’s Breakthrough Moment and document explosive year-over-year growth in HR and learning leaders’ use of GenAI in learning and development – up from 40% in 2024 to 74% in 2025.
The data in this year’s survey shows an emerging shift to more integrated human + AI collaboration. Rather than simply assigning tasks to GenAI, employees will work in a co-creator role with GenAI and begin developing AI oversight skills. In fact, nearly half of leaders and 39% of workers express interest in developing the ability to co-create with AI.
However, the report also identifies a persistent GenAI gender gap and a disconnect of AI’s benefits between leader and worker perceptions. While 63% of men report using GenAI tools at work monthly or more, only 47% of women say the same. Additionally, workers cite a lack of clear AI usage policies as their top concern.
