The proportion of mining industry operations and technologies companies hiring for artificial intelligence related positions rose in March 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 38.8% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position. This latest figure was higher than the 29.9% of companies who were hiring for artificial intelligence related jobs a year ago but a decrease compared to the figure of 41.4% in February 2022. When it came to the rate of all job openings that were linked to artificial intelligence, related job postings rose in March 2022, with 2% of newly posted job advertisements being linked to the topic. This latest figure was the highest monthly figure recorded in the past year and is an increase compared to the 1.9% of newly advertised jobs that were linked to artificial intelligence in the equivalent month a year ago. Artificial intelligence is one of the topics that GlobalData, from whom our data for this article is taken, have identified as being a key disruptive force facing companies in the coming years.