The computer company HP wants to save up to 6,000 jobs through greater use of artificial intelligence. The industry pioneer said the job cuts should be completed in just under three years at the latest. The measures would initially result in costs of around 650 million dollars (560 million euros).
According to the latest information as of the end of October last year, HP had around 58,000 employees. The group then expanded a previously announced reduction of around 7,000 jobs by a further 1,000 to 2,000 jobs. Current employee numbers will probably only be available again soon.
More productivity through AI
According to HP, the new cuts of 4,000 to 6,000 jobs are part of a plan to increase productivity, innovation and customer satisfaction through increased use of AI. Artificial intelligence has so far been used in American companies, among other things, for programming software and is also intended to improve data analysis.
In recent months, jobs in the tech industry have been cut several times due to AI applications. In October, Amazon announced that it would cut around 14,000 administrative jobs, citing changes in the organization in the age of artificial intelligence.
In the last fiscal quarter, HP increased sales by a good three percent year-on-year to $55.3 billion. Profit fell by nine percent to $2.5 billion.
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