The AI Proficiency Report
The only research measuring the state of AI Proficiency in the workforce
In the last six months, AI companies have accelerated their release schedule – and organizations have accelerated their AI investments. But workers are falling way behind.
90% of the workforce is still not AI-proficient. Employees’ knowledge of AI is decreasing, and their prompting ability is abysmal.
In our latest, bi-annual AI Proficiency Report, we outline why only 10% of the workforce is proficient in AI … and what’s holding everyone else back.
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Our key findings
Employees overestimate their AI skill, especially those in less-proficient groups
Most of the workforce are novice level AI users – with only 10% scoring as proficient – but 54% think they’re intermediate users or better.
Knowledge workers want to use AI, but they’re struggling to keep up with AI’s advancements.
25% of employees said they limit their AI use because they don’t know what to use it for. 28% said they don’t know how to use AI at all.
Companies are not backing up their AI policies with real action.
Companies’ AI approval is up, but 44% of employees still don’t have access to an LLM, 57% have not received training, and 40% don’t have manager support.
Proficiency building resources are being reserved for a select few.
Individual contributors are the least likely to have access to the company LLM, to be reimbursed for AI tools, or to have received training. The C-Suite is the most likely.
This report covers:
What companies are doing right
Companies have invested more in AI over the last six months – including paid LLMs, training, and vocal support.
Where they stop too short
Companies are largely making the same fatal error in their AI deployments, and the effects on proficiency show it.
The impacts on their employees
Most of the workforce are self-educating, overconfident in their AI abilities, and anxious about its impacts
The current leaders and laggards
The tech industry is on top in terms of AI proficiency, but not by much. And the functions that have the most to gain from AI are falling to the middle and the bottom of the pack.
Download the report for free and get the full status of AI proficiency in 2025.
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