Is AI threatening to take your job? Not quite yet, survey says

A new study shows that there is a lack of digital skills training despite increasing technological advancements. AI generated technology (photo credit: PIXABAY) A new research study conducted by the Digital Futures at Work Research Center (Digit) warns of a widening gap between organizations in the UK that have embraced artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled digital technologies and those that have not. The nationally representative survey revealed that only 36% of UK employers have invested in AI-enabled technologies such as industrial robots, chatbots, smart assistants and cloud computing over the past five years. The survey, carried out between November 2021 and June 2022, also indicated that a mere 10% of employers who hadn’t already invested in such technologies had plans to do so in the next two years. The study, led by academics from the University of Leeds in collaboration with the Universities of Sussex and Cambridge, sheds light on a growing skills problem. Less than 10% of employers anticipated investing in digital skills training in the coming ears, despite 75% of them facing challenges in recruiting individuals with the required skills. AI generated computer (credit: PIXABAY) Alarmingly, nearly 60% of employers reported that none of their employees had received formal […]

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