Sri Lanka, June 12 -- Nearly one in four Sri Lankan workers are exposed to generative artificial intelligence (AI), with professional and office-based occupations facing the greatest risk of disruption, prompting the government to place AI at the centre of its economic transformation strategy.

Addressing the 114th Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva this week, Labour Minister and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Anil Jayantha Fernando said research conducted by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) using International Labour Organization (ILO) methodologies found that approximately 22.8 percent of Sri Lanka's employed population is exposed to generative AI.

The findings highlights the growing challenge facin...