"There has been a lot of coverage of the jobs that might disappear due to agentic artificial intelligence-the technology which learns about your business from the data you feed it and then undertakes many of the tasks itself. Less prominent is the story of the jobs that will, and are already, being created. "In the near term, AI is creating more jobs than it is replacing," reads an against-the-grain report by LinkedIn, the social media and employment platform. We should all give thanks for that."
"At this stage of AI development, businesses are spending much of that hiring people, not building bots. In a bleak employment landscape, every little helps. "The broader macroeconomic uncertainty that we're seeing continues to play out in the labor market, which is stuck in a pretty low gear," says Sue Duke, LinkedIn's Head of Global Public Policy and Managing Director for EMEA."
Agentic artificial intelligence learns from business data and automates many tasks while also driving demand for human roles that prepare and implement AI systems. Businesses are investing heavily in hiring people rather than solely building bots, increasing demand for roles that blend advanced technical expertise with human skills. Hiring overall remains sluggish, with hiring in advanced economies roughly 20% below pre-pandemic levels, but AI-enabled 'new-collar' roles are a bright spot. Approximately 1.3 million new-collar roles emerged between 2023 and 2025. Examples include data annotators, forensic analysts, forward-deployed engineers, Heads of AI, and AI Engineers.
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