KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 29 -- Younger prime-age workers (between 25 and 34-years-old) and women in Malaysia - especially mid-skilled knowledge workers - are more likely to be replaced by generative artificial intelligence (AI), a policy brief revealed recently.

They form the bulk of the 4.2 million workers - or 28 per cent of Malaysia's workforce - that are "highly exposed" to generative AI technologies, the report said.

With another 2.5 million workers falling in the medium-high exposure category, the report said generative AI can currently replace 40 per cent of tasks performed by almost half of the country's workforce.

The policy brief, titled 'Novel AI technologies and the future of work in Malaysia', was jointly authored by the Institu...