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Sep 7, 2026

Cognizant to hire 1,500 US graduates amid research showing AI could impact $4.5tn in work

Cognizant announced plans to hire 1,500 American college graduates and create a new job family for the AI era, while the company's own research indicates AI could take on $4.5 trillion worth of work in the US.

Sep 7, 2026·1 source
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Aug 19, 2026

Demand for AI skills surges across cybersecurity and non-tech sectors globally

Cybersecurity job postings requiring AI skills doubled across G7 nations while demand for AI capabilities expanded into finance, HR, teaching, and other non-technical roles. Singapore and the EU launched new AI skills training programs as the workforce shift accelerates.

Aug 19, 2026·4 sources
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  • ▪Corporate boards should automate executive roles to the same extent as lower-level jobs
  • ▪Cognizant has joined RAISE US, a bipartisan coalition aiming to mobilize $1 billion for retraining, with state partnerships in Arkansas, Connecticut, Maryland, and Utah.
  • ▪Cognizant holds more than 15,000 Claude certifications with Anthropic, 5,000 for OpenAI's Codex, and is expanding a Gemini Enterprise partnership with Google Cloud.

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