BOSTON (SHNS) - As Massachusetts business and technology leaders hashed out strategies Wednesday to strengthen the state's competitive edge in artificial intelligence and tackle emerging skills gaps, the House chair of the advanced information and technology committee urged industry players to focus on privacy protections.

More than half of the individual skills considered core parts of the top 15 job types "could face moderate-to-high disruption from AI," according to a report from the Massachusetts High Technology Council and the Boston Consulting Group that was spotlighted during a virtual briefing.

The most acute impacts could occur in structured jobs with repetitive routines, including office clerks and accountants, "where 40–50% of core skills are at risk of high-to-complete disrup

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