Anaëlle*, communication project manager: “I’m afraid it will be misinterpreted”
“It’s been six months since I joined a start-up as a communication project manager. My role is to write content such as blog articles, downloadable guides, newsletters…, which are intended for both internal and external use. I’ve been using ChatGPT for two months. At first, it was mostly out of curiosity. Now I use it to find puns for email objects, lexical fields when I’m doing copywriting… This allows me to have a good base, which I then rework.
Why use ChatGPT in secret?
It’s not something that I claim internally, because I’m afraid it will be misinterpreted, especially by teams far from communication – for example sales people – who could tax me with laziness. But as I work in a company that encourages us to innovate, I don’t think I will hide it for long, especially since I would like to follow Nina Ramen’s training on the use of ChatGPT in copywriting. »
Matthieu*, recruiter: “ChatGPT is better than an intern!” »
“Rather than starting from a blank sheet when I have to write a job offer for which I don’t have a standard template, I have ChatGPT produce a first version which I then improve. When I have to receive a profile for a job that I know less about in a recruitment interview, I also ask ChatGPT to suggest some standard questions. In the same way, I sometimes have the AI write rejection emails… In short, it’s even better than an intern! This supposes however to be in the iteration because it is not so obvious to write clear and precise prompts.
Why use ChatGPT in secret?
If I hide my use of this tool from my employer, it is because I am afraid that he will see a lack of creativity on my part in this process. In addition, I work in an ETI which is not very digitized. AI is science fiction to my leaders. I don’t think they’ve ever heard of ChatGPT! I therefore feel that my explanations would not be well received if I dared to speak of it. »
Garance*, community manager: “Do not reveal my manufacturing secrets”
“In the web agency where I work, we are several community managers to use AI, without telling our employer, nor to our customers. For my part, I rely on 1.fr and SemRush to optimize the referencing of the texts that I write. These tools suggest me not only keywords on a theme but also variants of sentences when they are too long. Since I animate communities on social networks as well as blogs, I also create visuals. However, when you have to do 20 to 30 per week, the challenge is to succeed in always renewing yourself! To help me, I use MidJourney: the AI designs visuals according to my brief, and I then rework them on Photoshop or Canva.
Why use ChatGPT in secret?
Since overall, community management is an activity that clients believe they can do by themselves but that they outsource for lack of time, I prefer not to reveal my trade secrets, for fear that the image of CM will suffer more. . »
Valentin*, Javascript developer: “It could be considered an admission of weakness”
“I finished my developer studies a few months ago. Already in school, the subject of using ChatGPT to write code was debated. My professors did not all share the same vision: some encouraged us to use it while others felt that writing code via ChatGPT meant taking the risk of not understanding what we were designing. Worse, that it risked killing teamwork, developers having more of a culture of solving problems together, helping each other… Now that I work in business, in the industrial sector, I regularly use ChatGPT to write code, identify causes of errors and fix bugs. Some of my colleagues know this, but my N+1 does not.
Why use ChatGPT in secret?
As this is still a divisive subject in France, I prefer not to shout it from the rooftops, especially since it could be considered an admission of weakness to get help from an AI to write code. So I prefer not to take the risk with my manager.
Alain*, trainer: “If my employer asked me the question, I wouldn’t hide it”
“I work as a trainer in a training organization. Today, few of my colleagues use ChatGPT. Personally, I’ve been using it for six months to help me design my training. This allows me to have valuable help when I want to create an animation guide, write a contextualized case study, develop a quiz… ChatGPT offers me a first version that I strengthen with the contribution of my expertise. To enrich my training, I also use image generators like Dall-E and Midjourney. To create micro-learning video capsules, which my learners consult asynchronously, I finally use D-ID.
Why use ChatGPT in secret?
My employer is not aware that I rely on AI. However, if he asked me the question, I would not hide it, these tools having a lot of interest. On the other hand, I do not warn my learners who, I think, would have more difficulty understanding my added value as a trainer. »
*Names have been changed
Insights from Matthieu Sellies, lawyer specializing in intellectual property
“In addition to not complying with the GDPR when it comes to collecting personal data, AI – like ChatGPT – raises questions about intellectual property. Today, an employee who would use this type of tool must know that the information he entrusts to him is not protected. In other words: the confidential data that he discloses to the AI about his company can fall into the hands of his competitor without him being able to protect them. However, in matters of social law, this can be considered as a fault. An employee who produces visuals risks counterfeiting and infringing copyright if the visual from which the AI is based is affected by a right of opposition. This is one of the reasons why the European Commission is working on the Artificial Intelligence Act, in order to provide a more precise legal framework on AI. »