Sri Lanka, Jan. 20 -- A new study by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) shows that about 1.83 million Sri Lankan workers, or roughly 22.8 percent of the employed population, are in occupations that could be exposed to Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), which means that AI has some influence over job security for these workers.

According to the IPS "Gen AI is a more advanced AI that is enabled to create new content, rather than analyzing existing data, which might influence various occupations."

The study which was released in 2025 and conducted by using Sri Lanka's 2023 Labour Force Survey data reveals that of those estimated to be exposed to GenAI, more than 187,000 workers are in occupations with the highest potential expo...