We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.”
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—Alan Turing
How is artificial intelligence transforming the world of work? This section tracks AI-driven job displacement, emerging roles, workforce reskilling, and labor policy — with a focus on worker voices and the Global South. Data-driven reporting on the employment shifts that affect millions, not just quarterly earnings
In a move to attract world-class international talent in Artificial Intelligence, life sciences and clean energy, the UK government has expanded the Global Talent visa. More than 100 research-intensive companies can now host and support exceptional scientists and engineers on funded projects.
The hiring covers technology, legal, operations and paralegal roles, with a particular emphasis on technology specialists.
The move marks another step in OpenAI’s European expansion, with a new 88,000-square-foot headquarters in Dublin and 250 new jobs reinforcing its long-term investment in infrastructure, talent and the AI ecosystem across the region.
The multinational bank will establish a Global AI Center of Excellence in Singapore, hiring over 100 AI specialists to build AI capabilities for wealth management, payments and enterprise banking.
The study also found that more than 86% of AI interactions occur outside the workplace, while workplace AI use remains focused on collaboration and task assistance, with less than 10% of work-related AI interactions involving full task automation.
TCS is betting on customer-facing AI engineering, strategic partnerships and targeted acquisitions as enterprises shift from AI experimentation to production deployments.
The nonprofit will seek private and philanthropic funding to support training and career transitions for U.S. workers adapting to the AI economy.
Liu insisted that he doesn’t want his “brothers” to lose their jobs amid automation adoption in the company’s workforce.
Singapore’s first SID–Gallup Workplace Report finds just 14% of employees engaged at work — among the lowest in Southeast Asia and unchanged since 2019 — even as the government readies the workforce for an AI-led economic transition.
The PwC AI Job Barometer report paints an optimistic picture for AI-exposed companies with higher headcount possibility.