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AI investment and adoption are unambiguously large and fast — $286B in U.S. private investment, enterprise generative AI spending tripling year-over-year, and half of U.S. tech job postings now requiring AI skills — while entry-level hiring has collapsed 50%+ below 2019 levels, though whether AI or macroeconomic tightening is the primary cause remains genuinely unresolved. Firm-level productivity gains are real but concentrated, and roughly 90% of executives report no measurable AI impact on productivity or employment, reviving a productivity paradox familiar from prior general-purpose technology cycles. The most underreported constraint is physical infrastructure: data center occupancy is approaching capacity, grid interconnection queues run 4–10 years, and energy bottlenecks — not model capability — are the actual ceiling on near-term AI scaling.
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The occupancy rate for this infrastructure is projected to increase from around 85% in 2023 to a potential peak of more than 95% in late 2026.
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They could drive a 7% (or almost $7 trillion) increase in global GDP and lift productivity growth by 1.5 percentage points over a 10-year period.
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Meta-analytic evidence finds no robust relationship between AI adoption and aggregate productivity gain.
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Tomlinson et al. (2025). Uses occupational task data to measure how AI changes the nature and frequency of work activities.
One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks.
The first pattern shows that automation takes over repetitive work which leads to the elimination of particular standard employment positions.
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AI regulations worldwide are changing rapidly. This piece outlines the global regulatory landscape in 2025 and why it's important that we understand it.
Entry-level jobs are evolving, and alongside McKinsey's new AI tool for interview practices, we can also learn from the insights on offer.
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We conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to understand how early-2025 AI tools affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers.
Gallup's 2026 report finds that only 20% of employees worldwide were engaged in 2025 — costing the world economy $10 trillion in lost productivity.
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North America remains the center of gravity for adoption with 92% of Fortune 500 companies using OpenAI's generative AI across thier orgs (8).
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Latest research from McKinsey and Company shows that, in Europe, women's representation in tech roles has fallen from 22% in 2023 to 19% in 2026 ...
AI is reshaping higher education by improving services, reducing administrative costs and saving time. Colleges are adopting AI tools in ...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) remains the primary engine of the VC industry, with AI startups accounting for 65% of VC deal value through Q3 2025 ...
Despite the moderation in consumer spending, real gross domestic product is expected to grow a healthy 2.2% in 2026. This is largely due to ...
In this 2025 edition of the annual McKinsey Global Survey on AI, we look at the current trends that are driving real value from artificial ...
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In fact, in our October Jobs Report, we covered that fifty percent of all U.S. tech job postings now require AI skills as of September 2025.
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