Business leaders planning to hire more workers despite rise of AI: survey

A new survey finds that business leaders believe that the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) will spur companies to hire more workers – findings that come in stark contrast to concerns that AI could prompt widespread layoffs.

The newly created Upwork Research Institute, a research arm of the freelancing platform Upwork, surveyed 1,400 U.S. business leaders ranging from C-suite executives to senior managers across a variety of industries about their organization’s use of AI and how it will impact their future