All news: artificial intelligence
ILO launches SABY, an AI-powered business adviser for entrepreneurs
New conversational AI tool brings the ILO’s entrepreneurship expertise directly to business owners, providing practical guidance when and where they need it.
Digital skills and AI
AI training helps turn technical skills into enterprise opportunities
The ILO’s AI training under a UN joint programme in the Philippines is helping trainers and vocational learners turn the skills they already have into new businesses, better livelihoods and opportunities for themselves and their communities.
Viet Nam advances enterprise workforce development with new training fund framework
Viet Nam has adopted a new framework for enterprise human resource training funds, with ILO-supported research contributing international evidence and policy options to strengthen workforce skills development and investment.
AI and the world of work
AI adoption in Chinese enterprises boosts productivity but raises concerns about jobs and skills
A new ILO study finds that across the enterprises studied, AI is mainly being integrated into hybrid workflows, where people continue to play an important role in how the technology is used.
Entrepreneurship and AI
An AI business adviser in your pocket: What we are learning from the ILO’s SABY pilot
The ILO is piloting SABY, a WhatsApp-based AI business adviser designed to give entrepreneurs practical, continuous support. Early experience across Africa shows how entrepreneurs are using AI to solve everyday business challenges, from improving...
Opinion editorial
Will AI take Filipino jobs? The answer depends on what we do now
The Opinion editorial explores how the Philippines can harness artificial intelligence and the clean-energy transition to create decent work and shared prosperity through skills development, strong institutions and closer cooperation among...
ILOSTAT blog
Can AI help strengthen human trafficking questionnaires before fieldwork?
A new approach uses anonymized trafficking case records to assess whether survey questions are likely to identify the cases they are designed to measure.
Blog
Old Skills for new technologies?
AI has major implications for the skills workers need to access quality jobs. This article argues that foundational skills, more so than AI expertise, will be central for workforces to navigate this transformation.
17th High-level meeting between the ILO and the European Commission
The International Labour Organization and the European Commission set renewed strategic agenda for social justice, quality jobs and a...
The two partners reaffirmed their strategic partnership and agreed to deepen their cooperation on social justice, decent work and quality jobs at their 17th High-level meeting.
Article
How to measure the economy-wide impact of AI
Poland becomes the first country application of a new World Bank Group–ILO technical collaboration designed to assess the potential macroeconomic impacts of Artificial Intelligence.
Productivity ecosystems for decent work
Building capacity to drive SME productivity and decent work in Viet Nam
New training, advisory services, and knowledge-sharing initiatives are helping SME support organizations and enterprises accelerate digital and green transformation while improving productivity and working conditions.
Productivity ecosystems for decent work
Viet Nam builds momentum for policy reform to strengthen support for SMEs and household businesses
Recommendations from a multi-stakeholder consultation will inform reforms to the SME support framework, helping businesses become more productive while creating better jobs and more inclusive economic opportunities.
ILO and Singapore renew partnership to support ASEAN to navigate the future of work
Agreement strengthens regional and South-South cooperation on areas including artificial intelligence, demographic change, platform work, skills development and social dialogue.
EU strategic framework on health and safety at work post-2027
Occupational disease prevention, mental health, AI, and climate change should shape future EU agenda on safety and health at work
The ILO highlighted occupational diseases, psychosocial risks, artificial intelligence and climate adaptation and preparedness for extreme weather events as key priorities for the future EU strategic framework on health and safety at work during a...
“The future of work will not be determined by technology alone,” says ILO Director-General
At the opening of the 114th International Labour Conference, Gilbert F. Houngbo calls for a human-centred approach to artificial intelligence and social justice in a time of growing global uncertainty.
Podcast
AI and decent work: A moment of choice
Artificial intelligence is already reshaping work – from jobs to skills to everyday working life. But will it strengthen decent work, dignity and shared prosperity – or deepen inequality and exclusion?
Productivity ecosystems for decent work
Viet Nam takes a major step toward sustainable enterprise development with new national programme
With technical contributions from the ILO, the Government of Viet Nam has approved a landmark national programme to advance sustainable business practices across the country's private sector for the period 2026–2030.
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
Philippines prepares mobile financial education rollout for small businesses
The International Labour Organization and its partners are developing a mobile learning and behavioural nudge system to help micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) manage digital borrowing, avoid fraud and strengthen financial...
New report
AI-driven transformation puts jobs, inequality and skills at a crossroads in the Arab region
A new report outlines diverging AI futures for jobs, growth and inequality in the Arab region. Proactive and inclusive policy measures are needed today, ILO Regional Director Ruba Jaradat says during an Arab Forum for Sustainable Development special...
AI and work
The messy business of managing people at work: Is AI the solution?
As AI rapidly transforms recruitment and workplace management, ILO Senior Economist Janine Berg examines the messy realities behind AI in HR and explores whether these emerging systems actually improve decision-making, or simply automate flawed...