First Move · AI & Jobs ·
Riding the wave — Tuesday morning, 15 September
Workers Forge AI Edge as Organizations Lag in Future-Skills Training
Individual workers are increasingly integrating AI into their daily tasks, even as many organizations fall behind in providing comprehensive future-focused reskilling.
EDITION 2026-09-15 · EVERY CLAIM SOURCED · GROUNDED VIA SEARCH AT PUBLISH
Macro signals
- The US unemployment rate currently stands at 4.28%.
- Approximately 55,000 US job losses in 2025 were attributed to AI.
- 37% of companies are planning to replace workers with AI by the end of 2026.
- A new report from The Conference Board indicates that 55% of workers use generative AI daily or weekly, yet only 33% have received employer-provided AI training in the past six months. Nearly one-third (28%) of workers report receiving no AI training at all from their employers.
- George Asamani, Project Management Institute (PMI) sub-Saharan Africa managing director, stated that almost half of the technical skills employers currently seek will become obsolete within the next five years due to AI.
Reporting + analyst voices: grounded via Google Search at publish time.