Data from the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics shows that 13.7 percent of firms who use artificial intelligence experienced an increase in total employment.

Fact of the Week: Over 13 Percent of Firms That Use Artificial Intelligence Have Expanded Their Workforce

The costs and complexities of AI suggest that it is easier and more economical for larger firms to use.

Fact of the Week: Firms With More Than 1,000 Employees Are 10 Times More Like to Use AI Than Firms With 5 to 10 Employees

AI-enabled automation is positively associated with changes in occupation employment shares in a sample of sixteen European countries. 

Fact of the Week: AI-Enabled Automation Is Positively Associated With Changes in Occupation Employment Shares

In 2019, the AI workforce made up 0.37 percent of the total workforce in the United States, which ranked 10th out of 24 OECD nations and was only slightly higher than the OECD average of 0.34 percent.

Fact of the Week: US Ranks 10th Among OECD Countries in Share of Employees With AI-Related Skills

AI-related publications increased 10 percent annually from 2005 to 2015, growing to 23 percent a year from 2015 to 2018.

Fact of the Week: AI-Related Publications Increased 23 Percent Annually Since 2015, More Than Double the Rate of the Prior Decade

U.S. businesses and universities developed 75 percent of all global patents in artificial intelligence from 2000 to 2016, writes John Wu in Innovation Files.

Fact of the Week: The United States Developed 75 Percent of all Artificial Intelligence Patents From 2000 to 2016

Time-lag implementation in the regression also showed a delay of three years between the point of AI adoption and return on productivity growth, indicating an investment delay for AI that could also explain previous literature gaps.

Fact of the Week: Large Firms Implementing Artificial Intelligence Enjoyed Additional Productivity Growth Within Just Three Years

If the United States wants to be globally competitive in automation-related technologies, especially vis-à-vis China, then policies to ensure higher wages for low-skilled workers are key, including expansionary fiscal and monetary policy for full employment, stronger limits on low-skill immigration, and a higher minimum wage.

Fact of the Week: Every 1 Percent Increase in Wages for Low-Skilled Jobs Leads to a 2 to 5 Percent Increase in Automation Innovation

The long-run benefits of industrial intelligence in China shows that AI can be an engine for regionsal economic parity as well as for growth.

Fact of the Week: Commuting Areas Far From AI Hotspots Experienced 17 Percent Lower Growth in AI Jobs

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Fact of the Week: Over 13 Percent of Firms That Use Artificial Intelligence Have Expanded Their Workforce

Fact of the Week: Firms With More Than 1,000 Employees Are 10 Times More Like to Use AI Than Firms With 5 to 10 Employees

Fact of the Week: AI-Enabled Automation Is Positively Associated With Changes in Occupation Employment Shares