Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have led to a surge in demand for data management skills, as companies seek to bolster their ranks with the right talent as the "age of AI" draws closer. According to a report, Harnessing the Power of AI: The Demand for Future Skills, by recruitment firm Robert Walters and market analysis experts Vacancy Soft, uptake of the technology will change the job market "drastically" and create 133 million new jobs across the globe. In the UK, where the research was based, up to a third of jobs will be automated or changed as a result of AI, impacting 10.5 million workers. "As businesses become ever more reliant on AI, there is an increasing amount of pressure on the processes of data capture and integration," said Ollie Sexton, Principal at Robert Walters. "Now is the perfect time to start honing UK talent for the next generation of AI-influenced jobs. If you look at the statistics in this report we can see that demand is already rife, what we are at risk of is a shortage of talent and skills."

Hundreds of studies have told us that apes are smart - but just not as smart humans. But apes' intelligence may be entirely misunderstood because researchers have so far failed to measure it fairly and accurately. The study suggests that what we think we know about apes' social intelligence is based on wishful thinking and flawed science, and apes may actually be smarter than currently thought. One of the suggestions made by the researchers is to conduct studies where apes are'adopted' by humans to give the clearest available comparison between the two species. In order to improve upon flawed experimental designs in ape intelligence studies, researchers cited four possible remedies.