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The 61 Percent

Infographic showing 61.5% of AI work requests matching no occupation and illustrating how work maps more accurately to reusable skills.

OpenAI found that 61.5% of real-world AI work requests could not be mapped to an occupation. This article examines what that missing majority reveals about traditional job-based workforce models—and why measuring work through governed, reusable skills provides a clearer view of AI impact, workforce capability, and how work actually gets done.