41 % of companies are planning job cuts by 2030 AI

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming a threat to jobs: According to a survey by the World Economic Forum, 41% of employers intend to reduce their workforce, since AI automates certain tasks.

Reskilling and upskilling to the employees

of several hundred large companies worldwide stated 77% to train and train their existing employees between 2025 and 2030 in order to be able to work better with AI. The results are published in Future of Jobs Report . In contrast to the previous edition from 2023, however, it was not reported that most technologies, including AI, would probably offer "a net part" for the number of jobs.

changes in the job market

"The progress in AI and renewable energies are changing the labor market - they lead to an increasing demand for many technical or specialized employment, while others, such as graphic designers, go back," said WEF in a press release before the annual meeting in Davos this month.

generative AI and their development

Saadia Zahidi, the managing director of the forum, highlights the role of generative AI in the redesign of industries and tasks in all sectors in the comprehensive report. This technology can create original texts, images and other content on user inquiries.

decline in certain professional groups

The professions in which employers expect the fastest decline in employees in the coming years, posters, business secretaries and accounting employees. This happens regardless of whether the reasons are in the distribution of AI or other trends.

in the upswing: AI competencies

In contrast, AI competencies are increasingly in demand. Almost 70% of companies plan to stop new employees with skills for the design of AI tools and improvements, and intend to recruit more people who can better work with AI, according to the last survey that was carried out last year.

optimistic perspectives for the future

The report strikes an optimistic tone and emphasizes that the primary influence of technologies such as generative AI on workplaces may be the potential for the "addition" of human skills through "cooperation between man and machine" instead of causing a pure replacement. In particular, the persistent importance of human skills underlines this view.

Dissolations have already taken place by KI

However, many employees have already been replaced by AI. In recent years, some technology companies, including the file storage service Dropbox and the language learning app Duolingo, Ki Laid layouts.