AI poses a threat to two thirds of jobs in the US and Europe, study finds trends now
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A quarter of jobs could soon be automated as a result of breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, a report has warned.
Research by investment bank Goldman Sachs highlighted that ‘generative’ AI systems such as ChatGPT – a computer program able to create writing and other content indistinguishable from that of a human – could spark an economic boom and increase global gross domestic product by 7 per cent in a decade.
But the technology would also cause ‘significant disruption’ to employment, with around 300million full-time jobs at risk of being automated, it warned.
Two-thirds of jobs in the US and Europe could be affected, report authors Joseph Briggs and Devesh Kodnani calculated – with lawyers and administrative staff among those at high risk of redundancy.
But most employees were likely to see less than half their workload automated and could continue in their jobs with time freed up
