The AI Workforce Consortium released its research report 'AI Agents and the Impact on Cybersecurity', added Pearson as a member and three educational advisors, and expanded its global upskilling target to 130 million people.

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• Published the research report 'AI Agents and the Impact on Cybersecurity', spotlighting workforce trends and agentic AI.
• Expanded its decade-long global workforce upskilling goal from 95 million to 130 million individuals.
• Welcomed Pearson as a new consortium member, and added the National Applied AI Consortium, Business-Higher Education Forum, and College Board as advisors.
• Found over 4.8 million open cybersecurity roles globally and a doubling of AI-related cybersecurity postings across G7 countries.
• Highlighted a surge in demand for human skills such as ethical reasoning (+533% YoY) and systems thinking (+251% YoY).
• Documented an experience gap where senior cybersecurity job postings grew 65% compared to 5.9% for junior postings.

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