UN study: AI likely to augment rather than destroy jobs

A UN study emphasised that the effects of technology would vary greatly between professions and regions, while it warned women were more likely than men to see their jobs affected. — AFP Relaxnews

Artificial Intelligence is more likely to augment jobs than to destroy them, a UN study indicated on Monday, at a time of growing anxiety over the potential impact of the technology.

The launch in November of the generative AI platform ChatGPT, which is capable of handling complex tasks on command, was seen as a tech landmark foreshadowing a potentially dramatic transformation of the workplace.