{"id":177219,"date":"2026-01-12T18:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/new-report-finds-virginia-workforce-especially-exposed-to-ai-impacts\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T01:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T06:10:11","slug":"new-report-finds-virginia-workforce-especially-exposed-to-ai-impacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/new-report-finds-virginia-workforce-especially-exposed-to-ai-impacts\/","title":{"rendered":"New report finds Virginia workforce \u2018especially exposed\u2019 to AI impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.29news.com\/2026\/01\/12\/new-report-finds-virginia-workforce-especially-exposed-ai-impacts\/\">New report finds Virginia workforce \u2018especially exposed\u2019 to AI impacts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.29news.com\/2026\/01\/12\/new-report-finds-virginia-workforce-especially-exposed-ai-impacts\/\">https:\/\/www.29news.com\/2026\/01\/12\/new-report-finds-virginia-workforce-especially-exposed-ai-impacts\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-12 18:44:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.29news.com\">www.29news.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Virginia AI Landscape Assessment finds that Virginia\u2019s workforce is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of artificial intelligence.<\/li>\n<li>Up to 1.5 million jobs, or about 35%, in Virginia could be affected by AI-related changes.<\/li>\n<li>The composition of Virginia&#8217;s workforce, including a high focus on service, government, and education industries, makes it more susceptible to AI.<\/li>\n<li>The demand for AI is increasing, with nearly 9,000 AI-related job openings in July 2025\u2014the highest on record.<\/li>\n<li>Younger workers in Virginia, especially those under 35, are projected to be most affected by the AI boom.<\/li>\n<li>The report provides 34 recommendations broadly categorized into five areas: AI literacy, training, reskilled pathways, business support, and infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>There is a strong emphasis on intentional actions in workforce development, education, and responsible AI to ensure Virginia leads in this field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New report finds Virginia workforce \u2018especially exposed\u2019 to AI impacts https:\/\/www.29news.com\/2026\/01\/12\/new-report-finds-virginia-workforce-especially-exposed-ai-impacts\/ Publish Date: 2026-01-12 18:44:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/gray-wvir-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/R2TPDNCNJ5HDZMDROX5R2ER4JM.bmp?auth=6a9f69d216bfc6cc8ccc890e7305cae1ca50a1a31e4a4156c438a86ae5b654cd&width=1200&height=600&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-177219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177221,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177219\/revisions\/177221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}