India among top five countries with fastest AI talent: Linkedin report

NEW DELHI: The number of Linkedin profiles citing skills in artificial intelligence (AI) has grown 14 times in the last seven years in India, putting the country among the top five in the world with fastest-growing talent for the technology, said the professional networking website on August 24.

The professional networking platform’s first ‘Future of Work: State of Work @ AI’ said that India, Singapore, Finland, Ireland and Canada have the fastest rate of AI growth.

The Linkedin report added that in the last one year, 43 per cent of the Indian workforce has witnessed AI use increasing in their organisations. This surge has prompted 60 per cent of all workers and 71 per cent of the so-called Generation Z professionals to recognise that acquiring AI skills could improve their career prospects.