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Gaston Berger (1896-1960), francuski futurolog

CEO Who Bragged About Replacing Human Workers With AI Realizes He Made a Terrible Mistake

Swedish buy-now-pay-later company Klarna, whose CEO once bragged about its automated customer service AI bots doing the work of "700 full-time agents," is in deep trouble. The fintech's losses jumped in the first quarter of this year, facing net losses of $99 million, more than double compared to the same period last year, CNBC reports. The company had already paused its highly anticipated IPO in the US last month, which once valued it at over $15 billion. It's a particularly noteworthy development, considering CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski once bragged that he hadn't hired anyone in a year, following a doubling down on […]


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