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ILO study finds generative AI more likely to augment jobs than automate them

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Source: International Labour Organization

The International Labour Organization published “Generative AI and Jobs: A global analysis of potential effects on job quantity and quality” on 21 August 2023. Clerical work is the most exposed group, with nearly a quarter of its tasks highly exposed, and 5.5% of employment in high-income countries is potentially exposed to automation against about 0.4% in low-income countries. More than twice the share of women’s employment as men’s is potentially exposed to automation.

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Governments and unions got a global, country-income breakdown of generative AI exposure, with clerical jobs held mostly by women flagged as most at risk.

When
21 Aug 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0082
Who
ILO

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from International Labour Organization. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at International Labour Organization

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Next stop on this Storyline: Led toILO’s refined index finds one in four jobs worldwide exposed to generative AI

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WTA-N-2023-0082: “ILO study finds generative AI more likely to augment jobs than automate them.” wheresthe.ai, 21 Aug 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/intl-ilo-genai-jobs-study-2023-08/ (source: International Labour Organization).

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