News with the tag "AI Job Takeover"

British consumer goods company Unilever is planning a major business overhaul that could see it replace a large number of its workforce with artificial intelligence. Unilever to Lay Off Thousands Due to AI The Standard reported Tuesday that Unilever, which has about 128,000 employees around the worl...

The rise of artificial intelligence in recent months has been met with confrontational, polarising debates on whether or not related applications or tools should be treated as competitors or partners. The Proposition of AI As a Partner Many proponents of AI as a partner state the obvious, which is t...

While it’s true that AI is disrupting the job market by automating some existing tasks, it’s equally creating more new roles. The World Economic Forum published a report in August 2023 stating that artificial intelligence would create 97 million new jobs by 2025 while replacing around 85 million in ...

Microsoft Corporation recently shed light on its approach to AI development and ethics to dispel widespread misconceptions about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its potential to replace human jobs. During a virtual Microsoft Africa AI Journalists Academy session, Ayanda Ngcebetsha, Director of Data...