New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- The future of workspaces in Asia will depend not simply on how rapidly artificial intelligence (AI) advances, but on how effectively economies, businesses and workers adapt to it.

For countries such as India, Indonesia and the Philippines, the challenge will be creating enough productive jobs for growing working-age populations while AI increasingly transforms the very sectors expected to absorb them.

According to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) October 2026 Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific, AI is already influencing labour demand across the region.

Drawing on approximately 40 million online job postings across 19 Asian economies, the report finds that employer demand has fallen by nearly 10 per...