Current research indicates that AI’s overall impact on employment remains small, with no significant job losses directly attributable to AI so far, although recent graduates in AI-exposed jobs face a tougher labor market potentially linked to AI adoption. AI generally enhances worker productivity, especially for less experienced workers, but gains vary widely by task and skill level, and firm adoption of AI is accelerating unevenly—mostly concentrated in technology and information-intensive sectors—with broad structural effects and significant workforce shifts still unfolding.
