Automation

The initiative forms part of the center’s wider efforts to improve service delivery for infrastructure projects in the Riyadh region.

Companies are leaning on AI as a convenient explanation for layoffs, even as weaker demand, past overhiring and cyclical slowdowns account for most job losses, shows Oxford Economics research.

The year was defined by trials, launches, and partnerships driven by a single public demand: a sustainable mobility option.

Automation advances unevenly across tasks and roles. Understanding the friction factors that slow adoption can help leaders navigate workforce transformation strategically.

Even as employers use AI to screen talent, many resist candidates using it, highlighting a quiet tension at the heart of automated hiring.