78% of managers in Highwire’s research said they had used AI to help with employee feedback or a performance review during the past year. Only 16% of individual contributors said they were told AI played a role in their most recent review, according to the research issuer’s October 6 announcement. HR Dive covered the findings on October 8. These measures cover different questions and groups, so their gap cannot be read as a precise count of undisclosed reviews. AI assistance also ranges from editing language to informing feedback, rather than necessarily making the evaluation itself. The governance issue is whether workers understand how a consequential judgment was prepared. Employers need a clear account of the evidence, the manager’s responsibility, and the route for correcting an error. Faster drafting offers limited reassurance if an employee cannot identify or challenge the assumptions behind the assessment.