{"id":1279492,"date":"2024-02-29T08:37:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T03:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1279492"},"modified":"2024-02-29T08:37:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T03:07:38","slug":"fintech-company-fires-700-employees-as-one-ai-bot-can-do-work-of-700-humans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/fintech-company-fires-700-employees-as-one-ai-bot-can-do-work-of-700-humans\/","title":{"rendered":"Fintech Company Fires 700 Employees As One AI Bot Can Do Work Of 700 Humans!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Swedish fintech company Klarna has stated that the AI-powered virtual assistant it deployed using OpenAI roughly a month ago is undertaking customer service equivalent to the workload handled by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.in\/tech\/news\/klarna-says-its-ai-assistant-is-doing-the-work-of-700-people-after-putting-the-brakes-on-hiring\/articleshow\/108081246.cms\">700 full-time human agents<\/a>. Klarna claims that the AI chatbot is already engaging in over 2.3 million interactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-10-3.png\" alt=\"Fintech Company Fires 700 Employees As One AI Bot Can Do Work Of 700 Humans!\" class=\"wp-image-1279497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-10-3.png 1000w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-10-3-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-10-3-768x357.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm estimates the automation using contemporary deep learning techniques to improve overall profits by up to $40 million in 2023 alone as it reduces headcount expansion needs despite rising volumes. But technical experts using the tool find its capabilities quite basic currently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AI Bolsters Bottomline, Will Shrink Headcount<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski has long emphasized Klarna&#8217;s pivot towards AI and automation for gaining efficiency as it curtails overall corporate staffing requirements in the long run, beyond the 700 layoffs initiated in early 2022 to cut costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company is no longer recruiting for any non-engineering roles, with AI projected to meet assistance demands of a growing consumer base following initial learning and refinement. Natural attrition will also contain headcount as AI substitution effect kicks in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matching Satisfaction Levels<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But independent user reviews on Klarna&#8217;s AI assistant released for public customer support reveal it still needs upgrades as concerns and tickets get quickly transferred to human counterparts when complexity emerges during resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chatbot&#8217;s true evolution potential remains ambiguous beyond Klarna&#8217;s claims on cutting support costs via automation matched with equivalent satisfaction as yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish fintech company Klarna has stated that the AI-powered virtual assistant it deployed using OpenAI roughly a month ago is undertaking customer service equivalent to the workload handled by 700 full-time human agents. Klarna claims that the AI chatbot is already engaging in over 2.3 million interactions. 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