OECD: "Skills in the AI Age" (AI Papers No. 60)
New OECD analysis finds AI adoption among OECD-country firms nearly tripled from ~7% to ~20% of businesses between 2021 and 2025, but workers with advanced AI capabilities remain just ~1% of the workforce. Larger firms and startups are pulling ahead; SMEs are held back by cost, infrastructure, and skills shortages, risking a widening two-tier labor market.
Why it matters
Read at OECD Organizational leaders should treat the 1%-advanced-skills figure as a capacity constraint on AI strategy, not just a training gap — it caps how fast any AI roadmap can actually be staffed.
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