This is the Public Sector AI Cheat Code
Data literacy is the public sector’s AI skeleton key. See how it unlocks innovation, according to data literacy pioneer and bestselling author Jordan Morrow.
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Enterprises have spent the past two years rushing to make their workforces “AI-ready.” But many early training programs — focused on prompt writing and chatbot skills — are proving poorly suited to the realities of AI-powered work. The reason is simple: the skills that matter most once AI enters real workflows have less to do with interacting with tools and more to do with judgment. The durable capabilities emerging in the AI era include output validation, data literacy, process understanding, and the ability to challenge automated recommendations. Tool-specific skills, by contrast, tend to age quickly as models and interfaces evolve. “AI-ready is not defined by how many people took training or how many licenses you bought,” said Neal Sample, executive vice president and chief digital and technology officer at electronics retailer Best Buy. “It’s defined by whether you have redesigned real workflows, assigned accountability, and can show the technology is improving outcomes without int
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Meta said it would cut 10% of it employees while Microsoft will offer voluntary retirement to about 7% of workers Meta and Microsoft are trimming their workforces by thousands as they make heavy investments in AI and executives claim that the technology is meeting their companies’ productivity needs. Meta told staff on Thursday that on 20 May it would cut some 10% of its personnel just under 8,000 employees– to boost efficiency, part of a layoff plan made months ago. The company is also closing about 6,000 open roles. The same day, Microsoft announced to employees, for the first time, that it would offer voluntary retirement to about 7% of its American workforce of roughly 125,000. Continue reading...