Trend AI-driven workforce anxiety is reclassified as a psychosocial risk to be governed

Summary

GWI's Workplace Wellbeing Initiative treats anxiety caused by AI as a growing psychosocial risk at work. As AI spreads into every sector and region, it is affecting employee mental health, engagement and retention. A global survey of 37,000 workers found AI-driven change to be their top concern, with worry about job security rising from 28% in 2024 to 40% in 2026. Research also links techno-insecurity and techno-overload to anxiety and depression, and many leaders expect AI to remove more jobs than it creates. The Initiative stresses that the risk lies in how AI is implemented, governed and communicated, not in the technology itself. Employers such as IBM and Qualcomm are cited for pairing AI adoption with role redesign and training.