Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is pushing back against growing fears that artificial intelligence will destroy jobs, arguing instead that AI is creating a large new wave of work. Speaking at a Milken Institute event with MSNBC’s Becky Quick, Huang said AI should be seen as a job creator and a major opportunity for the United States to rebuild its industrial strength. His comments come at a time when many workers, especially younger and entry-level employees, are worried about how qu

Microsoft’s latest expansion in Ontario shows how the race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is becoming just as much about economic growth and public trust as it is about technology. As part of its previously announced $19 billion commitment to Canada, Microsoft is expanding its cloud and AI infrastructure across Ontario in a move expected to strengthen the province’s computing capacity, reinforce its leadership in the digital economy, and support 1,250 jobs. T

Artificial intelligence has advanced to the point where it can already perform work equal to nearly 12% of the U.S. labor market, according to a new set of studies from MIT. Using a large scale simulation model called the Iceberg Index, researchers created a digital twin of the American workforce by mapping 151 million workers, their occupations, and more than 32,000 skills against what today’s AI tools can already do. The result shows that current systems have the technica