Overview
- Hiring is broadening beyond coders as Mexico job ads that ask for AI skills doubled in 2025 to 7% and now include creative profiles like writers and poets, according to an Inter-American Development Bank analysis.
- EY and Randstad report companies creating new roles, including Chief AI Officer, and seeking talent that blends technical ability with ethics, communication and business judgment.
- Microsoft and AWS used Spain’s The Wave conference to push agentic AI—systems that can set goals and carry out tasks with limited supervision—and Microsoft said a Copilot Cowork tool will automate routine workflows.
- In Madrid’s schools, 35% of teachers already use AI to prepare materials, yet training, shared rules and data‑privacy safeguards trail practice and Spain’s data watchdog calls for impact assessments.
- Researchers describe “AI brain fry” from nonstop result checking and experts urge clear purpose, metacognition and human oversight to cut fatigue and reduce shadow IT risks when staff turn to unsanctioned tools.