All publications: artificial intelligence
WSSD2 Brief
Bridging the digital divide
The brief highlights the issues associated with digitalisation of work and AI faced by social actors in countries around the world. It identifies key labour market issues associated with these technological developments and suggests how the benefits...
ILO Global Business and Disability Network policy brief
Artificial Intelligence and the Employment of Persons with Disabilities
This policy brief by the ILO Global Business and Disability Network aims to equip companies with an understanding of the implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) use when it comes to the employment of persons with disabilities – highlighting...
ITC ILO report brief
The compounding impact of artificial intelligence and robotics on the future of learning
This report reviews the technological landscape of advanced robotics and RobotGPTs, assesses potential uses in adult training, surveys international governance frameworks and ethical guidelines, and offers recommendations for ITCILO’s...
ILO report
Navigating the digital and artificial intelligence revolution in Arab labour markets
The labour market in the Arab States is at a crossroads, facing persistent challenges while navigating a new era of digital transformation. This report provides a comprehensive analysis of these dynamics. It projects that while the risk of...
ILO Working Paper 144
Global case studies of social dialogue on AI and algorithmic management
This working paper explores how social dialogue is shaping the use of AI and algorithmic tools in workplaces across five continents. Through case studies, it highlights how worker representatives are influencing AI-related decisions in areas like...
Framework Working Group
Artificial intelligence adoption and its impact on jobs
This paper, drawing primarily upon recent and ongoing research at the ILO, suggests a landscape where AI is more likely to augment human capabilities and enhance productivity in many roles rather than leading to widespread automation, although...
Research Brief
Generative AI and jobs: A 2025 update
This brief summarizes an ILO Working paper that refines the global assessment of occupational exposure to generative AI. It presents an updated methodology combining task-level data, expert input, and AI predictions to support more accurate analysis...
ILO Working Paper 140
Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure
This ILO Working Paper refines the global measurement of occupational exposure to generative AI by combining task-level data, expert input, and AI model predictions. It offers an improved methodological framework to assess how GenAI may impact jobs...
Research Brief
How and when will AI impact the economy: Evidence from China
This brief introduces a new framework to estimate when and how AI will impact China’s economy by analyzing the potential for automation across different job tasks. It provides policymakers and researchers with a quantitative tool to assess AI’s...
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025: Global Report
Revolutionizing health and safety: The role of AI and digitalization at work
Research Brief
Generative AI and the media and culture industry
The brief explores the transformative impact of Generative AI (GenAI) on the media and culture industry, analyzing its effects on job exposure, skills demand, and employment conditions. It highlights the need for policy frameworks, ethical AI...
Digital transformation in employment policies
The report examines if and how national employment policies (documented in the ILO’s Employment Policy Gateway) include digital transformation and related topics. It gives a short overview of the ILO’s work on employment policies and the...
Research Brief
A new chapter for the ILO’s textual assets: Applying Generative AI to Labour Force Survey questionnaires
This brief highlights the use of Generative AI to create a database of Labour Force Survey questions, combining AI vision capabilities and human verification to ensure accurate data extraction. It introduces tools for digitization, semantic search,...
Shaping a Global Perspective on the Future of Work
Mind the AI Divide
The Artificial Intelligence revolution will only widen the gap between high and low-income countries unless cooperative international action is taken, a new report from the ILO and the UN Office of the Secretary General’s Envoy on Technology...
Report
Platform work in Uganda: Promoting decent work for all
This report examines the growth and penetration of digital labour platforms across various sectors in Uganda, drawing insights from surveys conducted with 647 workers. The survey encompasses workers in the taxi, delivery, online freelance and...
Research Brief
Rethinking Production Processes with AI and avoiding the Innovator’s Dilemma
This brief explores the challenges traditional companies face in fully harnessing the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Drawing parallels with historical shifts like the assembly line, the brief argues that AI adoption...
ILO Working Paper 121 - Joint publication ILO-World Bank
Buffer or Bottleneck? Employment Exposure to Generative AI and the Digital Divide in Latin America
In this new paper from the International Labour Organization and the World Bank Group, researchers found that Generative AI could have transformative effects on jobs and livelihoods in Latin America and the Caribbean. Nonetheless, gaps in digital...
United Nations and International Labour Organization report
Mind the AI Divide: Shaping a Global Perspective on the Future of Work
This report, co-authored by the United Nations and the International Labour Organization, addresses the critical issue of the uneven adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its implications for global equity, fairness, and social...
Report
Digital labour platforms in Kenya: Exploring women’s opportunities and challenges across various sectors
This report explores how the expansion of digital technologies such as digital labour platforms is reshaping Kenya’s economic landscape, and the experiences of workers engaged on these platforms, especially women.
Harnessing the potential of digital technologies to achieve decent work in the financial sector: Policies and practices on the impact of...
The ILO report Policies and Practices in the Financial Sector that Address the Impact of Digitalization and Harness the Potential of Digital Technologies to Achieve Decent Work provides a global overview of policies, initiatives and practices...