IMF: AI is coming for the job market

Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the IMF, isn’t speculating anymore, she’s quantifying the damage.

• 60% of jobs in advanced economies will be affected by AI
• 40% globally will feel the impact

And this isn’t theoretical.

AI-linked layoffs may have already started. In the U.S. alone, nearly 55,000 job cuts last year cited AI as a contributing factor, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

Who loses first

IMF research shows a split outcome:
• About half of exposed workers could see productivity gains and higher value work
• The rest will