Best Buy will use AI to help customers, cuts costs with layoffs

Best Buy will use AI to help customers, cuts costs with layoffs

Best Buy has made significant cuts to its workforce, including the Geek Squad. On the heels of the cuts, the Minnesota-based company announced that artificial intelligence will help customers Addressing “lower business demand,” Best Buy has made a significant cut to its workforce and laid off a number of employees, including Geek Squad field agents, …

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Verónica Melesse Vergara, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Verónica Melesse Vergara, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Introducing the Knox News 40 Under 40 class of 2023 Knox News is proud to reveal the 40 Under 40 class of 2023, presented by the Lincoln Memorial University School of Business. Verónica G. Melesse Vergara, 37, Group Leader, System Acceptance & User Environment, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Verónica Melesse Vergara leads a team that …

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AI Might Make Us Lonelier at Work

AI Might Make Us Lonelier at Work

Technology like AI already threatens to make us lonelier by chipping away at some of the small interactions with others that might seem trivial, but that have a powerful effect on our wellbeing, according to Business Insider’s prior reporting. Now, it’s easy to see how AI might make us feel more alone at work, too: …

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Majority of Turks ‘fear losing job to AI’: Survey

Majority of Turks ‘fear losing job to AI’: Survey

Meltem Özgenç – ANKARA Some 84 percent of Turkish people expressed concerns about losing their jobs to the widespread artificial intelligence-based software applications, a survey by a Turkish technology firm has revealed. The Artificial Intelligence and Technology Association undertook a survey to gauge the Turkish people’s perception of AI, revealing heightened anxiety, particularly among those …

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