ROME, May 15 (Reuters) – Italy on Monday committed 30 million euros ($33 million) to upskilling the unemployed and workers whose jobs could be most at risk due to advances in automation and artificial intelligence. Allotted.
According to the FRD (Fondo per la Repubblica Digitale), established in 2021 by the Roman government to improve the digital skills of Italians, 54% of those aged 16-74 lack basic digital skills, while , the European average is 46%. Union.
Funding for training improvements will be allocated in two ways, according to FRD.
€10 million of the total will be used to improve the skills of people whose jobs are at high risk of being replaced by automation and technological innovation.
The remaining €20 million will be allocated to help develop digital skills that will increase the chances of unemployed and economically inactive people entering the job market, FRD said.
FRD said a wide range of occupations could be threatened by automation, citing transportation and logistics, office support and management, production, service and retail sectors as examples.
The growing prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, and the rapid development of tools such as ChatGPT, have attracted the attention of legislators and regulators in several countries.
Many experts argue that new regulations are needed to manage AI because of its potential impact on national security, education and jobs.
The ChatGPT chatbot was unavailable in Italy for about four weeks until its manufacturer, OpenAI, addressed an issue raised by Italian data protection authorities in late April.
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Reporting by Elvira Polina, Writing by Federico Maccioni, Editing by Keith Weir
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