Who wants to be a chief AI officer? A new career path emerges

gremlin/Getty Images In the year ahead, nine out of 10 organizations are expected to hire talent with generative AI expertise, with a quarter of organizations forecasting that at least half of their new hires will need this skill. In addition, six in 10 companies now have a chief AI officer (CAIO) to guide the process. Also: Most CEOs find their C-suite lacks much-needed 'AI-savvy' These are the findings from a new survey of 3,739 executives and professionals, released by AWS. Almost all respondents (92%) indicated their organizations intend to recruit for new roles that require generative AI expertise. For a quarter (26%) of those respondents surveyed, at least half of the new positions in their organization will demand generative AI skills. Some industries are even taking a more aggressive approach to AI hiring. In the IT sector, 35% of organizations plan to make generative AI skills a key requirement for at least half of their new roles, while 28% of organizations in the manufac ... Read full article.