Technology & innovation
How much IT work will be "human-only" in 2030? None, according to Gartner's new survey of CIOs. By 2030, AI will be embedded in every part of IT work. Organizations that prepare both their technology and their people will gain clear competitive advantage.
Highlights from Gartner's survey of 700+ CIOs:
What portion of IT work will be human-only?
0% of IT work will be human-only by 2030.
About three-quarters of IT work will be "human-plus-AI," while 25% will be "AI-only."
Why does it matter?
IT roles will shift from task execution to oversight, orchestration, and higher-order problem-solving.
Demand for skills like summarization or retrieval may drop, while skills in thinking, motivating, communicating, and collaborating with AI rise.
Failure to manage hidden AI adoption costs or redesign roles increases risk of poor ROI.
Are employers prepared?
Gartner warns most organizations are not yet positioned to fully capture value from AI.
Gartner suggests organizations must prepare on two fronts: AI readiness (tools, vendors, infrastructure) and human readiness (skills, workforce design).
How can organizations get prepared?
Assess AI readiness: Understand costs, distinguish between mature vs. emerging AI capabilities, and choose appropriate vendors.
Build human readiness: Redesign roles, prevent skill atrophy, and invest in new AI-complementary skills.
Tie AI to core value: Focus on enhancing core competencies or solving high-value problems—not just automating tasks.
Read more via Gartner
The APAC region shows the highest AI usage rates globally, but a gap has emerged between workers' enthusiastic AI adoption and organizational readiness, according to a recent BCG survey.
Highlights from BCG's survey of 4,500 employees across 9 APAC countries:
Workers are racing ahead with AI tools—often without company approval—while businesses struggle to redesign workflows and address mounting job security fears.
78% of APAC employees use AI at work weekly, compared to 72% globally.
70% of frontline workers in the region are using AI, compared to just 51% of frontline workers globally.
60% of APAC workers feel optimistic about AI's potential, but 52% fear losing their jobs to AI, compared to only 41% globally.
Almost half of employees save more than an hour daily using generative AI, redirecting time to strategic work (39%), finishing earlier (40%), or completing more tasks (42%).
More than half (58%) of APAC employees said they "would use AI tools even if their company did not formally provide them," something that "holds true across all levels, from frontline to the leadership."
Read more via BCG
The AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity Act would "require major companies and federal agencies to report AI related layoffs to the Department of Labor to be compiled into a publicly available report."
The legislation is being proposed by U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.).
In announcing the bill, Senator Hawley stressed the extent to which AI is "already replacing American workers." Hawley said the bill is aimed at ensuring Americans have "an accurate understanding of how AI is affecting our workforce, so we can ensure that AI works for the people, not the other way around."
Under the proposal, major employers and federal agencies would be required to make quarterly reports of "AI-related job effects – including layoffs and job displacement – to the Department of Labor (DOL)."
That information would be published in a regular report to both Congress and the public.
You can read the full proposed bill's text here.
Read more via HR Dive, Senate.gov
Fewer than half have enough time for actual research, while AI adoption has grown significantly in the past year, according to Elsevier's survey of 3,200 researchers.
Highlights from Elsevier's Researcher of the Future report:
Researchers are strapped for time, and turning to AI to help: Just 45% agree they have enough time for research, and 68% say publishing pressure has increased compared to two or three years ago—yet three-quarters view peer review as essential for maintaining integrity.
AI usage has soared, despite lack of training and governance: AI usage has climbed to 58% in 2025 (up from 37% in 2024), though only about one-third report strong institutional governance, and roughly one-quarter say they've received proper training.
Stark regional differences exist in AI confidence: Chinese researchers show substantially higher belief that AI expands their options (68%) compared to US (29%) and UK researchers (26%).
Current focus of AI applications in research: Current AI applications center on finding and summarizing literature (61%), conducting reviews (51%), and preparing grant proposals (41%). Researchers are more cautious when it comes to using AI for hypothesis generation and study design.
Confidence in AI remains limited: Approximately one-quarter of respondents view AI as ethically developed or trustworthy.
Funding outlook varies dramatically by region: Only 9% of US researchers anticipate increases in the next few years, versus 44% in China.
Read more via Elsevier.com
AI tool blamed for inaccurately reporting students' grades: Thalamus Cortex, an AI tool that helps screen medical students' residency applications, "incorrectly transferred some grades from students’ transcripts," with almost 1% of the transferred grades found to be inaccurate. While the total number of "reported inaccuracies" was low, the incident has prompted concern about the use of AI among medical students. (Medscape)
Google is hiring its own AI-focused economist: As part of an effort to "explore how advanced AI may impact the economy," Google DeepMind is hiring its very own in-house economist. Google's "Senior AI Economist" would be tasked with understanding "what economics would look like in a world with artificial general intelligence (AGI)" and building "economic simulations and models" to understand "post-AGI scenarios." (Business Insider)
Palantir is recruiting directly from high school: Palantir CEO Alex Karp has been outspoken on his skepticism that college is worth attending. In keeping with that theme, the company is now looking to recruit directly from high schools. Palantir offers a fellowship program through which 22 teenagers are given a "path for high-school students to work full time at the company" without attending college at all. The inaugural Palantir fellowship class was picked from over 500 applicants. Fellows complete a four-month program that includes seminars on topics ranging from "foundations of the West" to U.S. history and "case studies of leaders including Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill." Fellows are also assigned to "live projects for customers in complex industries, from hospitals and insurance companies to defense industrials and even government work." At the end of the fellowship, some of the fellows are selected to receive full-time job offers to work at Palantir. (The Wall Street Journal, Fortune)
