Companies massively seek AI safety professionals: demand has grown by over 90%

Demand for workers involved in artificial intelligence safety has grown by 91% over the past year. LinkedIn released these data amid a general slowdown in hiring on the global labor market.

The AI safety field includes specialists who assess the risks of AI systems, seek ways to prevent their dangerous or fraudulent use, develop protective mechanisms and rules for the safe implementation of models.

Demand growth is not limited to this category. According to LinkedIn, over the year demand for so-called forward-deployed experts - specialists who help companies directly integrate AI into their workflows - grew by 226%. The number of roles for AI forensic analysts, who investigate behavior and incidents involving AI systems, increased by 169%.

At the same time, vacancies in the AI safety field can be among the highest paid in the technology sector. For example, OpenAI is currently looking for a Data Scientist for Safety teams in San Francisco and New York with a stated base compensation from $230k to $325k per year. The tasks of such an employee include detecting fraud and abuse, analyzing harmful behavior of users and models, testing protection systems and assessing risks.

Vacancies related to AI safety and control are also being opened by Anthropic, Google, Meta and other major technology companies, Business Insider writes.

LinkedIn links the emergence of new specialties to the rapid restructuring of employer requirements. The skills that companies indicate in vacancies are currently changing about twice as fast as employees manage to add new competencies to their profiles.

Thus, the development of AI creates demand not only for model developers. A separate direction of the labor market is becoming professions at the intersection of programming, cybersecurity, data analysis, risk management and technology regulation.

Based on materials: LinkedIn, Business Insider, OpenAI