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Leading tech companies are joining together to study the impact AI is likely to have on the workforce and what jobs may be most affected.

Cisco: To this extent, the companies have launched the ‘AI-Enabled Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Workforce Consortium’ which will enable them to “coalesce insights, recommend action plans, and activate findings within their respective broad spheres of influence”, according to a joint media statement.

Cisco rounded up eight technology companies to form a consortium targetting training programmes for roles most likely to be affected by AI.

These companies are preparing workers for AI

Cisco and a coalition of tech vendors including Accenture, Eightfold, Google, IBM, Indeed, Intel, Microsoft, and SAP have joined forces to launch a new industry...

Several tech giants and workforce ecosystem firms formed a collaborative to learn how AI is changing jobs and what skills workers will need.

AI-related job losses in the future mean millions worldwide will require upskilling and reskilling, according to a new consortium

News Summary: The AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium is led by Cisco and joined by Accenture, Eightfold, Google, IBM, Indeed, Intel, Microsoft, and SAP. It will assess...

Meanwhile, IBM plans to pause hiring for roles it thinks could soon be automated by AI, CEO Arvind Krishna told Bloomberg last year. According to one estimate, around 4,000 workers have lost their jobs to AI since May. This cohort, called the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium (ITC), is being led by Cisco with support from Google, Microsoft, IBM (conspicuously), Intel, SAP and Accenture.

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and a group of eight leading companies including Accenture, Eightfold, Google, IBM, Indeed, Intel, Microsoft and SAP as well as six advisors today announced the launch of the AI-Enabled Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ...