India, Oct. 18 -- India's Gen Z and millennials rank among the more Artificial Intelligence (AI)-confident young workforces anywhere. Deloitte's Global Gen Z and Millennial Survey, in its 15th edition released in May 2026, found that 85% of Indian Gen Z respondents and 91% of millennials feel confident applying AI in their work, and 93% to 95% use AI tools regularly on the job.

That competence is mostly self-built.

Just 32% of Gen Z respondents and 35% of millennials have completed any formal AI training. A good part of what they know, they picked up through online tutorials, trial and error, and peer learning at work, not through a programme designed to get them there. That is a strong starting instinct in a young workforce, and it is ...