UK government investigates AI labour market

The UK government is carrying out research to understand and mature the national labour market for artificial intelligence (AI). In the survey, launched this month by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Office for Artificial Intelligence, charities and businesses across the country will be approached by polling firm Ipsos MORI until October 2020, and a follow-up round of interviews will take place between November 2020 and January 2021. There is no indication of when the results will be published. The idea is to examine the skills relating to AI and data science that organisations need, as well as their approach to employing and training AI and data science professionals. The issues faced by organisations during such processes will also be examined.