PwC Chair Says AI Adoption Adds Jobs, Cites 52% Headcount Growth

PwC Global Chairman Mohamed Kande said that adopting AI at scale is not driving mass layoffs but is instead adding jobs, raising demand for skills tied to AI implementation, governance, data management and client delivery. He made the remarks in a CNBC Squawk Box interview held during the VivaTech conference in Paris, a notable intervention from the head of a Big Four firm at a time of rising global anxiety over AI-driven job losses.