Ammon News - With the rise of artificial intelligence, companies around the world are in a race for strong AI talent and working to upskill their workforces on the technology.

This has been top of mind for organizational leaders, as 66% of them say they wouldn’t hire someone without AI skills, and 71% say they’d rather hire someone less experienced with AI skills than a more experienced candidate who lacks those skills, according to a 2024 report by Microsoft and LinkedIn which surveyed 31,000 people across 31 countries.

In efforts to track the supply of AI talent across countries globally, LinkedIn has released its “AI talent concentration” metric, which is based on the member profile data collected from the professional networking site.

LinkedIn considers both AI engineering skills such as machine learning or natural language processing, as well as AI literacy skills such as ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot, as AI talent.

Based on 2024 data, these 10 countries have the highest concentration of AI talent compared to the global average, according to Linkedin:

Israel (1.98%)
Singapore (1.64%)
Luxembourg (1.44%)
Estonia (1.17%)
Switzerland (1.16%)
Finland (1.13%)
Ireland (1.11%)
Germany (1.09%)
Netherlands (1.07%)
South Korea (1.06%)

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