AI skills stories
The move adds 50 creative technologists as clients scramble for staff who can turn AI trials into production work.
The expansion will add 200 jobs and deepen the skills group's AI engineering footprint as it seeks talent beyond London.
Australian and New Zealand mid-sized firms will gain faster deployments and real-time people, payroll and finance insights from Workday GO.
Threats from AI skills are escalating as the cybersecurity group expands research to counter a fast-growing software supply chain and attack surface.
Employers may be underestimating training needs, as a survey found employees far less confident than HR leaders about AI readiness across Asia-Pacific.
Employees are far less confident than executives that their managers can guide AI skills, exposing a widening gap in readiness across large firms.
The gap risks leaving UK and Irish businesses unable to turn AI spending into returns, as only 48% give staff time to experiment.
Australia will get wider support to defend critical digital systems as Canberra and Microsoft deepen cooperation on cyber security and AI.
Most Australian workers using AI at work have had no formal training, leaving security, privacy and skills gaps as adoption races ahead.
Pressure to show returns is exposing weak data, governance and skills, leaving many pilot projects stuck before they reach production.
The milestone comes as Irish schools widen STEM and AI learning, with 1,000 pupils showcasing projects on rural safety, inclusion and sustainability.
Canadian employers are increasingly demanding AI skills, with Google's new course aimed at helping workers meet that expectation in under 10 hours.
More learners in the West Midlands will get funded data training as iMeta's boot camp extension targets shortages in digital and AI skills.
Despite regular use in study, most young Australians fear AI will destroy jobs rather than help them get hired.
The partnership will create more than 200 technical jobs and give Singapore OpenAI's first Applied AI Lab outside the United States.
Concern is rising in Ireland as leaders say empathetic coaching matters more than AI know-how for future managers during adoption.
Employers get shorter routes to train managers for AI adoption, as the new courses target governance, strategy and workplace change.
Employers are increasingly paying premiums and boosting careers for staff who can use AI safely, according to a survey of UK leaders.
AI skills are pushing up salaries across Australian workplaces, with employers struggling to price talent amid fierce competition.
Many firms are spending heavily on AI tools, but weak training is slowing gains and prompting more staff to seek skills elsewhere.
