Where AI skills are needed most

Your weekly round-up of the questions asked by readers of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World sees us learning where AI skills are most in demand; why CISOs quit; and why that is a bad thing because a good CISO is hard to find.

Navigating the AI talent shortage

The IT layoffs we have seen in 2024 and early 2025 are set to continue as companies look to drive efficiencies with AI, all the while bracing for a recession. This week CIO.com reported on company boards pushing CEOs to replace IT workers with AI. It’s compelling reading.  

That’s the bad news for IT professionals. But our readers wanted to understand where the opportunity lies in all this disruption. Many of them asked Smart Answers where the AI skills gap is – where are the roles going to be? 

The good news is that more than three quarters of employers say they are struggling to find the right tech talent, with roles in AI and Machine Learning most prominently cited as gaps. 

Smart Answers is an AI-based chatbot tool designed to help you discover content, answer questions, and go deep on the topics that matter to you. Each week we send you the three most popular questions asked by our readers, and the answers Smart Answers provides.  

Developed in partnership with Miso.ai, Smart Answers draws only on editorial content from our network of trusted media brands—CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World—and was trained on questions that a savvy enterprise IT audience would ask. The result is a fast, efficient way for you to get more value from our content.