International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) has commenced hiring for artificial intelligence (AI)-focused roles to execute the company’s plan of replacing nearly 8,000 roles at the company with AI.
The company’s CEO Arvind Krishna said in May that 30% of IBM’s back-office functions, specifically human resources, would be replaced by AI over five years, replacing about 7,800 jobs.
At the time the company implemented a hiring freeze but in recent weeks has opened up AI-focused roles to develop and maintain IBM’s new automation systems.
Open roles include “Data Scientist – Generative AI,” “Data Scientist (Hybrid Data & AI),” and “Machine Learning Developer.”
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