The 'death' of back-office jobs: office work in the AI storm
Euronews examines how AI is automating back-office tasks in insurance and banking, and which office roles face displacement first, a pressing concern for clerical workers.
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Human take
If you are not a developer, you can use AI to code an entire video game. If you are not a tax professional, you can use AI to do your taxes. There's still value in human specialized skills, especially for checking AI work, but this is a gap to close, not a forever-feature.
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UK needs plan in case of 'unprecedented' AI job losses, says ministerUK minister Kanishka Narayan says preparing a plan for potentially unprecedented AI-driven job losses is a top priority, signaling government concern about labor displacement.