IT leaders prioritize addressing AI skill concerns

The report explains that AI-driven technological change and a shortage of AI-skilled professionals are widening the IT skills gap, prompting IT leaders to invest in targeted training programs (covering AI fundamentals, data analysis, AI threat awareness, automation, data preparation, securing AI systems, prompt engineering, and AI agents) while facing obstacles including cost, training fatigue, turnover, lack of executive support, difficulty measuring ROI, and outdated curricula.