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EY — Global Survey of 2,515 Adults Aged 60-85 Finds 40% Have Not Used AI; Employment Status Is Strongest Predictor of Adoption

International · Apr 21, 2026 · Published

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IDC — AI Skills Gap to Cost Global Economy $5.5 Trillion by 2026

International · Apr 20, 2026 · Published

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Stanford HAI 2026 AI Index finds only 6 percent of US teachers say school AI policies are clear and comprehensive

United States · Apr 17, 2026 · Active

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Mercer Global Talent Trends 2026 finds South African employees willing to trade pay for AI upskilling amid widening skills gap

South Africa · Apr 14, 2026 · Active

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Buenos Aires Province teachers demand urgent AI training as 60% of students use AI

Buenos Aires Province · Apr 13, 2026 · Published

Only 8 of 27 EU member states have designated AI Act enforcement contacts

European Union · Apr 13, 2026 · Published

Goldman Sachs — AI Cutting 16,000 US Jobs Net Per Month, Entry-Level Hardest Hit

United States · Apr 6, 2026 · Published

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Chile UNESCO AI Readiness Assessment Report findings

Chile · Mar 23, 2026 · Published

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Brookings Institution: Measuring US Workers' Capacity to Adapt to AI-Driven Displacement (2026)

OECD · Mar 23, 2026 · Published

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Kazakhstan AI government readiness assessment (2025 Oxford Insights Index)

Kazakhstan · Mar 23, 2026 · Published

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Malawi's AI Awakening: Universities Grapple with Policy and Enforcement

Malawi · Mar 23, 2026 · Published

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Policy Options Canada: 'Students and AI' — Canada's Patchwork Educational Gap (January 2026)

Canada · Mar 23, 2026 · Published

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RobotsMali: Community-Based AI Training and Capacity Building

Mali · Mar 23, 2026 · Published

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Netherlands workforce AI training satisfaction gap (2025 EY AI Barometer)

Netherlands · Mar 23, 2026 · Published

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Romania job market structural change from AI and automation (2025-2026)

Romania · Mar 23, 2026 · Published

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Singapore Workforce Skills Readiness: Five Key Skills for 2026

Singapore · Mar 23, 2026 · Published

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UK Parliament Education Select Committee: Inquiry into AI and EdTech in Education (2026)

United Kingdom · Mar 23, 2026 · Active

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Zambia Workforce AI Readiness: 90 Percent of Youth Lack Relevant Training

Zambia · Mar 23, 2026 · Published

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Chinese schools face implementation challenges as AI education becomes mandatory — principals report capacity gaps and teacher skill shortages

China · Mar 18, 2026 · Published

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G20 AI for Africa initiative highlights skills and capacity gaps across developing countries

G20 · Mar 18, 2026 · Published

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Indonesian researchers document steep rural-urban digital divide and AI literacy gap widening as schools introduce AI curriculum

Indonesia · Mar 18, 2026 · Published

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Academic Research — AI Adoption and Socioeconomic Inequality

International · Mar 17, 2026 · Published

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Congressman Gottheimer — Bipartisan AI Workforce Training Act

United States · Mar 17, 2026 · Published

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Harvard Business School — AI Training, Job Anxiety, and Satisfaction Decline

United States · Mar 17, 2026 · Published

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IDC Report — $5.5 Trillion IT Skills Gap and Workforce Readiness Crisis

International · Mar 17, 2026 · Published

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OECD and European Commission — AI Literacy Framework for Schools and PISA 2029 Assessment

International · Mar 17, 2026 · Published

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Pew Research Center — Demographic Divides in How Teens Use and View AI

United States · Mar 17, 2026 · Published

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Pew Research Center — The Public-Expert AI Views Gap

United States · Mar 17, 2026 · Published

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University of Oxford — Pentagon-Anthropic Dispute Exposes Structural AI Governance Failures

International · Mar 6, 2026 · Published

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Nicaragua Lacks AI Regulatory Framework and Education Policy

Nicaragua · Feb 23, 2026 · Published

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Meta — 75% AI-Assisted Code Target and AI Usage in Performance Reviews

United States · Feb 4, 2026 · Published

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World Economic Forum — Eight Myths Sabotaging Modern AI Governance

International · Feb 1, 2026 · Published

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Lao PDR sets course for National AI Strategy guided by UNESCO ethics

Laos · Jan 1, 2026 · Published

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SHRM and Labour Advocates — Algorithmic Management and AI Workplace Surveillance as Top 2026 Issue

United States · Jan 1, 2026 · Published

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Trump Administration — Federal Push to Preempt State AI Laws Draws Bipartisan Opposition

United States · Dec 11, 2025 · Active

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Alliance for AI & Humanity — "Beautiful Principles, Messy Implementation" (2025 Year-End Report)

International · Dec 1, 2025 · Published

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Skills Shortage as Barrier to AI Advancement in Libya

Libya · Oct 15, 2025 · Published

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UNESCO — AI Literacy Training for Civil Servants Across 70+ Countries

International · Oct 1, 2025 · Active

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BCG — To Unlock the Full Value of AI, Invest in Your People

International · Oct 1, 2025 · Published

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The Future Society — 44 Civil Society Organisations Demand Legally Binding AI Rules

International · Jun 1, 2025 · Published

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Stanford AI Index 2025 — AI-Related Data Privacy Risks Increase 56% Year-on-Year

International · Jun 1, 2025 · Published

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UNICEF and USTPC — AI Risks to Children Require Literacy as a Protective Measure

International / United States · Jun 1, 2025 · Published

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Mexico: No Binding AI Regulation After 60 Legislative Proposals

Mexico · May 1, 2025 · Published

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AI Use in Yemeni Higher Education Despite Conflict and Infrastructure Gaps

Yemen · May 1, 2025 · Published

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Gallup-Bentley and Pew Research — Public Distrust of AI Reaches 77%

United States · Apr 3, 2025 · Published

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WEF Future of Jobs 2025 — 92M Jobs Displaced, 170M Created, Net +78M by 2030

International · Jan 8, 2025 · Published

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