Study: 16 out of 50 professions emerged due to generative AI
Cloud.ru and HSE ISSEK analyzed 50 professions: 16 new, 22 transforming, 12 obsolete. Half of the list is the IT sector.
On October 30, 2026, a study by Cloud.ru and the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge at HSE University became known. The authors analyzed 50 professions and divided them into three groups. 16 specialties were recognized as new due to the influence of generative AI (models that create text, code, and images on request). Another 22 were classified as transforming, 12 as obsolete.
The methodology is described as follows: more than 800 thousand media and scientific sources, expert interviews, and a study of job vacancies. Separately, 41 thousand vacancies on hh.ru for Moscow and 126 thousand publications on LinkedIn for San Francisco, London, and Singapore were analyzed. Professions were assessed on eight parameters—among them task automation, technology adoption, growth in the number of vacancies, and access to training.
The difference from previous labor market reviews is in the single list. Previously, new and obsolescing specialties were counted using different samples; now 50 professions are arranged on one scale. Half of the list falls to the IT sector. Two specialties are forming in healthcare, and one each in education and construction. The original source also says that significant changes will occur in four areas in the next 3–5 years, but which areas these are is not specified.
In practice, companies are beginning to allocate separate roles for the development, training, and operation of neural networks. Some functions of existing employees are being transferred to algorithms. For a job seeker, this means that the job description and set of tasks may change faster than before. For an employer, it means that the same work can be broken down into steps and some steps can be covered by a model. Staff reductions and staff growth are not separated in the text: the sources speak only of changing requirements and the emergence of new specialties.
It remains unknown how "obsolete" professions were counted: by a decline in the number of vacancies or by expert assessment. The 12 specialties in this group are also not named. There is also no data on which four areas will fall into the zone of changes in the next 3–5 years and what this timeframe is based on.