THE AMERICAN COMPANY “IBM” IS CONSIDERING REDUCING JOBS THAT CAN BE REPLACED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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The CEO of the American technology giant IBM, Arvind Krishna, announced that he is looking to reduce the workforce in the administrative sector of his company by about a third, because these jobs have become redundant due to the development of artificial intelligence technologies.

In an interview with Bloomberg Channel, Krishna said that his company will issue a decision to temporarily stop hiring in the back offices, indicating that it is possible to cut 7,800 jobs over several years.

Crencha added that these businesses that do not require direct interaction with customers are occupied by about “approximately 26,000 employees,” noting that “I can easily see 30 percent of them being replaced over five years by artificial intelligence and automated work.”

In a statement to AFP, an IBM spokesperson warned that there is currently no temporary hiring halt at the Armonk, New York-based company.

“We are very selective when hiring in areas that don’t directly touch our customers or technology,” he added.

source: archyde