Overview
- A Spanish survey by Unión Profesional finds 83% of professionals feel unprepared to apply AI and only 15% have certified training, prompting the EU‑funded Upro program to train up to 80,000 people.
- In Mexico, 57% of employees report using AI in daily work and 4 in 10 firms have integrated it, with 67% already deploying generative tools, yet 60% of candidates say HR validation remains essential for AI‑assisted hiring decisions.
- A PageGroup–WeWork study reports 61% of professionals use AI on their own initiative and 62% of organizations reviewing return‑to‑office plans cite infrastructure or space gaps, reshaping office design and nudging vacancy rates down.
- Exposure estimates and equity warnings sharpen: MIT projects up to 12% of U.S. workers could be replaced by 2026, Peru’s INEI flags routine roles at higher risk, and a UNDP report cautions benefits will skew to rich countries without targeted policy.
- Environmental costs loom large, with GPT‑3 training estimated at about 1,300 MWh and daily operations near 1,000 MWh while data centers can use roughly 9 liters of clean water per kWh; separately, Microsoft disputed a report on cutting AI sales targets, trimming a share‑price slide.