Singapore's President warns of AI's risk to employment for fresh graduates新加坡总统警告人工智能可能威胁应届毕业生的就业
BANGKOK, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam said governments across the world should address the pressing issue of how the emergence of artificial intelligence is dampening jobs demand for fresh graduates.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks as Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and President of the World Bank Group Ajay Banga look on during the IMF/World Bank 2026 Annual Meetings at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand, October 12, 2026. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
BANGKOK, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam said governments across the world should address the pressing issue of how the emergence of artificial intelligence is dampening jobs demand for fresh graduates.
"There is a particular problem that we have to address very soon... and that is that, the first rung in employment, your first job upon graduation, is now seeing less demand," Shanmugaratnam told IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok on Monday.
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曼谷,10 月 12 日(路透社)——新加坡总统尚达曼表示,世界各国政府应该解决人工智能的出现如何抑制应届毕业生就业需求这一紧迫问题。
“我们必须尽快解决一个特殊问题……那就是,就业的第一层级,也就是你毕业后的第一份工作,现在的需求正在减少,”尚穆加拉特南周一在曼谷举行的国际货币基金组织和世界银行年会上表示。
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