Launched last November 19, the 5-year LaborIA program, financed by the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Integration and operated by Matrice, an institute for technological and social innovation, has been joined by Inria. Its mission is to " better understand artificial intelligence and its effects on work, employment, skills and social dialogue in order to change business practices and public action . In September, Matrice will begin a survey to better measure the impact of AI in 250 companies as well as field investigations. LaborIA is part of the PMIA initiative, which aims to bridge the gap between AI theory and practice by supporting cutting-edge research and applied activities on AI-related priorities. One of the working groups of this initiative is dedicated to the "Future of Work" theme, it is affiliated with the PMIA Expertise Center in Paris and hosted by INRIA and conducts, among other things, analyses on how AI affects and will affect workers and their environment. According to the OECD, 32% of jobs will be impacted by automation over the next twenty years. "The transformations that our society is undergoing, such as the digital and ecological transitions, have an impact that can be observed concretely in our daily lives.

On November 19, Elisabeth Borne, Minister of Labour, Employment and Integration, visited the Matrice innovation institute to sign an agreement with Bruno Sportisse of Inria to create a laboratory dedicated to artificial intelligence. Called LaborIA and operated by Matrice, this resource and experimentation centre will have the mission of "better understanding artificial intelligence and its effects on work, employment, skills and social dialogue in order to develop business practices and public action". According to the OECD's 2019 Employment Outlook report, medium-skilled jobs are increasingly exposed to profound transformations. Over the next 15 to 20 years, the development of automation could lead to the disappearance of 14% of current jobs, and another 32% are likely to be profoundly transformed. The report states that the future of work is in our hands and will depend, to a large extent, on the public policy choices countries make.