A.I. Adoption Opens More Doors to Cybersecurity Jobs

Artificial intelligence (A.I.) isn't quite ready to take over the world, but it's moving a step closer. A recent survey released by Morning Consult and IBM finds that the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the continuing need to automate manual tasks and cybersecurity, has pushed more organizations to adopt A.I. technologies. The Global AI Adoption Index 2022 report, which is based on questions sent to approximately 7,500 IT leaders across the globe, finds that 35 percent of organizations surveyed are deploying A.I. today; another 42 percent are "exploring" these technologies. The study added that A.I. adoption was up four percentage points compared to a previous report released in 2021. As with many other cutting-edge technologies, the survey found that COVID-19 played a significant role in increasing A.I. adoption, as companies looked to automate certain tasks as a way to overcome tech skill gaps (as well as some of the labor shortages associated with the pandemic).