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The EU promises a "human-centred digital transition". A new Cedefop working paper finds the transition is already here. The human-centred part is however still catching up. Drawing on the second European Skills and Jobs Survey (46,213 workers across 27 EU states plus Iceland and Norway), ten chapters test how digitalisation reshapes skills, training, hiring and job quality. Four key takeaways: => Digitalisation lifts training demand, but benefits concentrate among male, urban, highly-educated, non-routine workers => Workers aged 25 to 34 are more engaged in digital tasks than older ones, with older women clustered in low-digital roles => Tech-adopting firms hire from education and self-employment; past unemployment is a strong barrier => AI demand has spread beyond IT into creative, managerial and technical occupations The slogan promises a transition for everyone. The evidence describes one for the few. Cedefop has measured what the transition is doing to workplaces. We at AI World track the technology behind it, across investment and adoption. Credit to the editors and contributors for ten chapters that keep the policy promise honest: Konstantinos Pouliakas, Giulia Santangelo, Ziyue Z., Dr. Tianyu Yang, Ylenia Curci, Nathalie Greenan, Silvia Napolitano, Sebastian Leitner, Stella Zilian, Seamus McGuinness, Paul Redmond, Lorcan Kelly, Luke Brosnan, Eleonora Bertoni, Jude Cosgrove, Konstantinos Pouliakas, Giulia Santangelo, Thales Lima, Umut Korkut, Elisa Staffa, Sangwoo Lee, PhD, Sophie Gsavalia, Anna Clara Gatti, Mauro Pelucchi, Catarina Farinha, Miriam Rosa, Beatriz Saavedra, João Magalhães, João André Gonçalves, Rodrigo Oliveira, Dr Fabrice Serodes   #AIandWork #FutureOfWork #LabourMarkets