AI Exposure Peaks in Language-Centric Jobs, Microsoft Study Finds
Microsoft Research analyzed Copilot usage (over 200,000 conversations from Jan–Sept 2024) to rank 40 jobs by AI exposure using Coverage, Completion, and Overall AI Applicability Score. The top roles—especially interpreters, historians, writers, and customer service—are highly exposure-prone due to language processing, research, and communication tasks. However, exposure signals augmentation rather than full displacement; while many tasks can be AI-assisted, physically oriented or high-judgment roles remain less exposed.