Workers are "time traveling" on LinkedIn to add AI skills to roles they left years ago, likely to get a leg up in a tough job market, researchers say.

Stanford and Revelio researchers analyzed 29.4 million LinkedIn profiles and found users added AI skills and dropped remote-work and DEI language.

A Stanford paper on 29.4 million LinkedIn profiles finds retroactive AI additions up sixfold, and says today's snapshot overstates 2022 AI skills by 30%.