Companies embracing AI the most are hiring more people - including entry-level, report finds

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A new study presents another perspective on AI job fears.

Companies investing in AI are hiring more people.

There may also be hope for entry-level jobs.

A new study is pushing back on some of the most anxiety-inducing narratives around AI-driven job loss.

Companies embracing AI grew headcount by 10.2% in the two years following adoption, according to a paper out at the end of June from financial operations platform Ramp and workforce data company Revelio Labs.

"If you're a consumer of information today, you're getting a lot of mixed messages," Ara Kharazian, Ramp's lead economist, told ZDNET. "[If] you are on the job market, you are simultaneously hearing that you must learn AI, or you'll get left behind. And yet, AI is also going to be the technology that will likely lead to your layoff."

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