Overview

• Top AI leaders including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and Klarna’s Sebastian Siemiatkowski warn that AI could eliminate up to half of entry-level white-collar positions within five years and trigger a recession.
• PwC’s 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer finds that AI-exposed roles are seeing robust job growth and wages that average 56% higher for workers with AI skills.
• Accenture data shows UK tech vacancies have risen 21% to pre-pandemic highs alongside a 200% surge in demand for AI-skilled professionals.
• In the UK, 58% of firms plan to allocate a fifth of their tech budgets to AI, boosting employee training to maintain competitiveness.
• Experts urge workers to pair AI proficiency with critical soft skills such as problem solving and communication to navigate evolving workplace demands.