British companies are looking to AI as a way of cutting investment in staff, according to new research.
The research, reported in the Financial Times, is the latest suggestion that rather than boosting productivity (as marketing for AI products from the likes of Microsoft insists,) companies are increasingly exploring the technology as a means to avoid having to invest in staff.
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