{"id":992504,"date":"2026-02-16T08:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=992504"},"modified":"2026-02-16T08:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:10:34","slug":"ai-not-causing-mass-job-loss-but-changing-roles-and-productivity-in-indian-it-sector-openai-backed-icrier-study-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/02\/16\/ai-not-causing-mass-job-loss-but-changing-roles-and-productivity-in-indian-it-sector-openai-backed-icrier-study-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"AI not causing mass job loss but changing roles and productivity in Indian IT sector: OpenAI-backed ICRIER study claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is not causing mass job displacement in India&#8217;s IT sector. Instead its reshaping work organisation, increasing productivity, and transforming employee roles, according to a new study by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) backed by OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p>The study, titled &#8220;AI and Jobs: This Time Is No Different,&#8221; was prepared by surveying 650 IT companies across 10 cities between November 2025 and January 2026. This study offers a detailed assessment of generative AI adoption in India. The research examined shifts in hiring patterns, occupational demand, productivity outcomes, and workforce skilling to provide a data-driven perspective on AI&#8217;s actual workplace impact, countering widespread concerns about technology-driven unemployment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is not causing mass job displacement in India&#8217;s IT sector. Instead its reshaping work organisation, increasing productivity, and transforming employee roles, according to a new study by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) backed by OpenAI. The study, titled &#8220;AI and Jobs: This Time Is No Different,&#8221; was prepared by surveying 650 IT companies across 10 cities between November 2025 and January 2026. This study offers a detailed assessment of generative AI adoption in India. The research examined shifts in hiring patterns, occupational demand, productivity outcomes, and workforce skilling to provide a data-driven [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-992504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=992504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=992504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=992504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}