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• [New] Commenters stated that companies' reduced willingness to hire H-1B and L-1 nonimmigrants is unfair to the nonimmigrant workers and will also negatively affect the United States' ability to attract talent from abroad and negatively affect the U.S. economy as a result. Federal Register
• [New] An additional 78,481 fit young Saudi men would become eligible to join the security talent pool by 2030, representing a 7.2% increase in the available workforce for defensive and protective services. Consultancy Middle East
• [New] Ottawa could consider reforming its immigration strategy to attract and retain professors and graduate students in computer and materials science, mechanical and chemical engineering, and AI and machine learning, deepening the ecosystem of competitively priced tech talent. RBC
• Training, attracting, and retaining talent: An estimated 130,000 skilled workers will be required to double the power of Canada's electricity grid by 2050. Torys LLP
• Nearly three-quarters of leaders expect their organizations to create new entry-level roles focused on AI over the next two years, and 52% expect to hire more entry-level talent due to AI. FM Magazine
• Several million industrial jobs could remain vacant in the coming years due to a lack of available qualified talent. Robot Magazine
• Visa restrictions are deterring international AI talent from building companies in the U.S., giving other nations including China an opportunity to catch up. Rest of World
• Dubai and Abu Dhabi will continue to attract global capital, talent and major commercial activity. Khaleej Times
• Malaysia has long seen an outflow of skilled talent to Singapore and the West, and is projected to become an aged nation by 2048, when 14% of its citizens will be aged 65 and above. Fortune
• While 42% of companies believe their strategy is highly prepared for AI adoption, they are less prepared for infrastructure, data, risk, and talent (Deloitte). BuildEZ
• The 90,000 emigration figure, if sustained or accelerating in 2026 data, would constitute a structural threat to the talent pipeline that sustains competitive position in cybersecurity, AI, and defence technology. CES Intelligence
• The intense concentration of AI talent in London, Cambridge, and Oxford is beginning to diffuse, presenting new opportunities for enterprises and easing some of the hyper-competition. AI Conference London
• At a moment of demographic contraction in American higher education, growing uncertainty in federal financing, and intensifying global competition for talent, HBCUs still face an existential threat. Stanford Social Innovation Review
• US Cyber Command plans a Silicon Valley office to drive innovation, an attempt to tap commercial cyber talent and tooling directly - the defence establishment acknowledging that the pace of offensive and defensive capability now runs through the private sector as much as through government. cyber/verso
• As countries compete for talent, capital, and globally connected residents, the quality and affordability of private healthcare will become an ever more powerful determinant of mobility flows. Henley & Partners
• Women make up just 22% of the global data and AI workforce, not for lack of talent, but due to young women in marginalized and underserved communities having limited access to digital resources, AI training and opportunities. EY
• As domestic engineering talent in AI and industrial automation deepens, India is positioned to transition from a services-dependent adoption model to indigenous platform development, attracting global vendor partnership investment by 2028. Persistence Market Research
• IT automation in 2026 is not a nice-to-have efficiency initiative - it is an operational imperative driven by the complexity of modern technology environments, the speed of modern security threats, and the persistent shortage of skilled operations talent. Informat

Last updated: 14 September 2026