AI Threatens Massachusetts Jobs The Most: Report

MASSACHUSETTS — New research says the commonwealth is more liable than other states to the economic impact of AI.

A study by Tufts University, in Medford, found Massachusetts is the most vulnerable state in the nation to job disruption from artificial intelligence — a shift researchers say could reshape the state’s workforce and economy.

The report, released in March, estimates that 7.35 percent of jobs here are at risk of displacement in the near term due to artificial intelligence, the highest level among U.S. states.

“The job loss will be among more educated, typically higher-paying,” said Christina Filipovic, head of research at Digital Planet, the research center at Tufts’ Fletcher School, which did the study.

The report finds that AI exposure — that is, how much AI tools can reach or influence a job — is highest in occupations centered around data, analytical or language-based skills, and cognition. Those are the same kinds of knowledge work that dominate Boston’s economy.

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