The highest-earning and most experienced workers are adopting AI in their jobs far faster than others, in a divide that risks widening inequality as the technology spreads through the workplace.
An FT poll of 4,000 workers in the US and UK shows adoption is heavily skewed towards the best-paid workers: more than 60 per cent use AI daily, compared with just 16 per cent of the lower earners.
The data, the first release from a new AI workforce tracker produced by the FT and research company Focaldata, also points to a persistent gender divide, with men significantly more likely than women to use AI tools across sectors ranging from technology to education and retail.