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StanChart CEO Scrambles Into Damage Control After "Lower-Value Human Capital" Comment Triggers Backlash
StanChart CEO Scrambles Into Damage Control After "Lower-Value Human Capital" Comment Triggers Backlash
Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters and his team spent Wednesday in damage-control mode after the head of the London-based international bank told investors on Tuesday that artificial intelligence would be used to replace "lower-value human capital," sparking a backlash online.
"Many of you will have seen media coverage following the Investor Event in Hong Kong, particularly the reporting around automation, AI, and workforce changes," Winters wrote in an internal memo to employees on Wednesday that was seen...
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Blue States Are Still Facing A Mass Taxpayer Exodus Long After COVID
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Remember when blues state Democrats tried to enforce sweeping pandemic mandates for years after it became clear that covid was not the "mass killer" that the supposed experts claimed it would be? Remember when they called for people to be jailed for publicly speaking about scientific facts that contradicted the narrative? Remember when they called for people's children to be taken away if they refused to vaccinate?
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