LinkedIn: AI hiring is slowing down due to the pandemic

AI jobs growth is slowing as a result of the pandemic. That's according to a newly published report compiled by LinkedIn's Economic Graph Research Insights team, which looked at the health crisis' implications for the most impacted sectors. LinkedIn's analysis, which covered a post-COVID-19 period from March 16 to May 24 and a pre-COVID-19 period from January 6 to March 15, found that the virus dampened the demand for AI talent from employers as well as enthusiasm from job applicants. During the 10 weeks immediately following mid-March, growth rates in both slowed down. Listings for AI roles dropped to only 4.6% year-over-year compared with 14% prior to the outbreak, while applications -- which were growing at 50.8% year-over-year -- dipped to 30.2% post-COVID-19.