BNP Paribas blocks employee access to Claude models in Asia

As companies integrate AI and hire fewer employees, a shift toward a ‘gig economy’ will commence In 2024, the buy-now-pay-later company Klarna announced that it would cut hundreds of customer service roles and begin using an artificial intelligence chatbot instead. The move was expected to save the company millions. But a year later, after customers complained about the degraded quality of customer service, Klarna began to quietly recruit human customer service agents back. At first glance, the reversal appeared to be a victory for human workers in the age of AI. The reality was more complex. Instead of bringing on full-time customer service agents, who Klarna contracts through an outside agency, it instead brought on workers in what Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski has described as “an Uber type of set-up”. Now, an AI chatbot continues to handle most of customers’ basic queries, while a growing number of gig workers handle the more advanced ones. “Just like somebody can go and drive

Enterprise AI adoption has taken off at breakneck speed. The organisational mindset has shifted from whether to invest in AI to how quickly it’s possible to turn experimentation into measurable business outcomes, and that requires a parallel change in the adoption map. For years, enterprise technology trod a familiar path: new initiatives require larger teams, […] The post How companies are scaling AI initiatives without expanding headcount appeared first on AI News.

Tether has started trimming its Bitdeer (NASDAQ: BTDR) stake after reloading on the bitcoin mining and AI data center operator’s stock during a February selloff, generating about $12.7 million in proceeds. This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The Miner Mag) provides news, […]

AI's growing role in e-commerce may reshape consumer engagement, but weak demand and regulatory scrutiny pose challenges for market stability. The post China’s mid-year shopping festival reveals weak demand and AI’s rising role in e-commerce appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

A year ago at NVIDIA GTC Paris at VivaTech, France laid out plans to advance local AI — from new AI factories and national compute capacity to open frontier models and industrial platforms. Now, that AI infrastructure is coming online. AI agents are running in production, startups are deploying applications and the French AI ecosystem […]

Builderbot is the “missing layer between AI coding tools and how engineering actually works at scale,” said Brad Axen, head of AI capabilities at Block.

The growing reliance on AI in tech highlights a critical need for workforce adaptation, as non-users face heightened job insecurity and obsolescence. The post Gallup finds non-AI tech workers face threefold job loss risk appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

During the G7 Summit, PM Modi discussed AI's transformative potential, emphasising its role in empowering society. He advocated for a people-centric approach and inclusivity in AI development.