Researchers find AI adoption moderate across firms, stronger among individuals
Data centers may be inevitable, but state and local resistance is growing
Recent Research: AI-exposed occupations and the changing job market for college graduates
The breakthrough launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 sparked widespread questions about artificial intelligence and the future of work. How would generative AI reshape jobs and industries? Would certain roles become obsolete? How should education and training programs prepare workers for an AI-integrated workplace? To understand AI’s actual labor market impact, researchers examined unemployment patterns and hiring trends in AI-exposed occupations between 2022 and 2024 in a new study.
New benchmarking tool illuminates how AI is accelerating job market changes
All too often, jobseekers and employers seem to exist in non-compatible realities. While jobseekers flood the job market with descriptions of their generalized skills in communication, leadership, and problem-solving to fill various roles in different sectors, employers are looking for the more specific skills that will get the job done, say the authors of a report from the Wharton School and Accenture. And they propose that AI is accelerating this shift from a role-based economy to a skills-based economy.
All too often, jobseekers and employers seem to exist in non-compatible realities. While jobseekers flood the job market with descriptions of their generalized skills in communication, leadership, and problem-solving to fill various roles in different sectors, employers are looking for the more specific skills that will get the job done, say the authors of a report from the Wharton School and Accenture. And they propose that AI is accelerating this shift from a role-based economy to a skills-based economy.
Recent federal plans are gearing up for bigger innovation role for AI-based research
A recent executive order from the White House establishes a “Genesis Mission” that aims to “mobilize the Department of Energy’s 17 National Laboratories, industry, and academia to build an integrated discovery platform,” according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Energy. The announcement builds on President Trump’s executive order, Removing Barriers to American Leadership In Artificial Intelligence, and his America’s AI Action Plan, released earlier this year.
Employee use and perceived impacts on their competence may be behind the slow AI adoption in the workplace
Examining the geographic concentration of VC investment in AI
Accelerating innovation is a key pillar of America’s AI Action Plan
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta investigates employer demand for AI skills
In 2024, nearly 628,000 job postings demanded at least one AI skill, according to research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity. The research also revealed that the percentage of all job postings requiring at least one AI skill increased from approximately 0.5% in 2010 to 1.7% in 2024.
New report from ICIC provides insights into the AI mindset of small businesses owners
If you are an entrepreneurship service organization (ESO), you likely are seeing more companies within your scope adopting artificial intelligence (AI). But how well do you understand their needs for further assistance with the transformative platform technology?