{
  "id": 12840995,
  "title": "New report claims AI is helping create jobs in UK businesses, as workers can't get enough of it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/new-report-claims-ai-is-helping-create-jobs-in-uk-businesses-as",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-08T09:39:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/pro/new-report-claims-ai-is-helping-create-jobs-in-uk-businesses-as-workers-cant-get-enough-of-it"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new HP survey of nearly 20,000 office workers worldwide highlights that nearly half (46%) of British employees believe AI has positively impacted their lives, with one in two (52%) utilizing AI tools provided by their employers daily or weekly, a figure that has increased from 38% last year. However, the survey uncovers that only 10% of respondents see AI primarily as a threat to job security, with 59% of business leaders and 62% of IT decision-makers (ITDMs) reporting that AI is actually creating new roles or even entire teams within their organizations.\n\nAI is proving to be a catalyst for job creation, not a job eliminator. Agentic AI use is on the rise, with 45% of UK desk-based workers now embracing automated systems that were previously considered a potential job threat. Despite this, there remains an organizational disparity in AI adoption, with 38% of knowledge workers using agents compared to 56% of business leaders and 71% of ITDMs.\n\nDespite the largely positive findings, 38% of UK knowledge workers still harbor concerns about AI replacing their roles, with a near-identical number (37%) also worried about being replaced by someone more knowledgeable about AI. HP UK&I MD Ruth Patterson stresses the importance of helping employees seize these opportunities by investing in the necessary skills, tools, and development to adapt and grow amidst the rapidly changing job landscape.",
  "summary": "Three in five say AI has created jobs, one in five expect it to within two years, and just one in 10 believes the contrary.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}