Danmarks Nationalbank analysis links AI adoption to lower employment growth

Danmarks Nationalbank released an analysis showing that Danish companies adopting artificial intelligence in 2023 and 2024 experienced lower employment growth than expected. Specifically, these AI-adopting firms have about eleven percent lower employment compared to what would be projected based on their previous performance and when compared to companies not using artificial intelligence.

The publication comes amid broader discussions around technology, politics, and education in Denmark. The provided text also references separate educational findings, noting that recent PISA results published in September represent the lowest scores ever recorded for Danish school students. Reading scores dropped to four hundred sixty points down from four hundred eighty-nine in 2022, while mathematics fell to four hundred seventy-one and natural sciences to four hundred seventy-eight, placing all three subjects below the international average of five hundred points.