Job hiring is growing fastest for this AI skill—and it’s not coding

Layoffs are at an all-time high since 2009, and we’re also experiencing the lowest hiring on record in the job market. But AI spending is also reaching all-time highs—especially among Big Tech companies, who are on an extravagant spending spree. As I recently reported, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon are forecast to drop a staggering $650 billion on AI in 2026 alone. Most Read from Fast Company And while many companies are pouring a lot of that money—we’re talking hundreds of billions—into building ...