LinkedIn job posting data: companies added 640K AI-related jobs from 2023 to 2025 in the US, including 225K "head of AI" jobs, up 49% from the prior four years (Te-Ping Chen/Wall Street Journal)
Te-Ping Chen / Wall Street Journal : LinkedIn job posting data: companies added 640K AI-related jobs from 2023 to 2025 in the US, including 225K head of AI jobs, up 49% from the prior four years AI is raising big fears about employment losses, but it is also giving rise to new engineering and training jobs
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