The AI Threat to India's IT Jobs Machine

The AI threat to India's IT jobs machine

It was around 1.30 am by the time Rakesh, a 45-year-old Oracle employee in the Indian technology hub of Bengaluru, finally shut his laptop after a long day of calls and presentations.

India’s IT sector downsizes amid AI disruption

India’s world-leading IT sector is downsizing, facing mass disruption by AI.Several large employers have slashed headcount by as much as 6% this year, the Financial Times reported: “The tool that we gave our sweat, blood and bones to — it threw us out,” said one IT worker. The industry is one of the key drivers of Indian economic growth and middle-class expansion, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has played down job displacement concerns. But In…

AI Disruption Drives Thousands of Job Cuts Across India's IT Sector

News Summary India’s technology services industry, which employs nearly 5.8 million people and contributes roughly $315 billion in annual revenue, is shedding… This post: AI Disruption Drives Thousands of Job Cuts Across India’s IT Sector is first published on Compsmag.com

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