#AI Skills

Cover graphic for 'AI Skills Every Professional Needs in 2026': a crossed-out 'Prompting' chip beside three checked chips — Judgment, Verification, Tool fluency — beside the headline Prompting isn't the skill.

AI Skills Every Professional Needs in 2026

Prompting isn't the AI skill that pays. Real labor-market data on what separates professionals who benefit from AI from those it quietly hollows out.

July 18, 202625 min read