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By Olivia Le Poidevin<\/p>\n
GENEVA (Reuters) -Jobs traditionally done by women are more vulnerable to the impact of artificial intelligence than those done by men, especially in high-income countries, a report by the United Nations’ International Labour Organization showed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
It found 9.6% of traditionally female jobs were set to be transformed compared with 3.5% of those carried out by men as AI increasingly takes on administrative tasks and transforms clerical jobs, such as secretarial work.<\/p>\n
Human involvement will still be required for many tasks – and roles are more likely to be radically changed rather than eliminated, the report said.<\/p>\n
Jobs in the media, software and finance-related roles are also at the forefront of change as generative AI expands its learning abilities.<\/p>\n
“We stress that such exposure does not imply the immediate automation of an entire occupation, but rather the potential for a large share of its current tasks to be performed using this technology,” the report said.<\/p>\n
It called on governments and employers’ and workers’ organisations to think about how AI can be used to enhance productivity and job quality.<\/p>\n
(Reporting by Olivia Le PoidevinEditing by Ludwig Burger and Barbara Lewis)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n