Covid-19 is accelerating automation; 85 million jobs will be replaced in the next five years – WEF study

Covid-19 is accelerating automation; 85 million jobs will be replaced in the next five years – WEF study

Robots will destroy 85 million jobs over next five years as pandemic speeds up workplace changes, WEF says. The Covid-19 pandemic is accelerating changes in the workplace likely to exaggerate inequalities, a WEF study has found. Surveys of nearly 300 global companies found four out of five business executives were accelerating plans to digitise work and deploy new technologies.

Robots will destroy 85 million jobs at mid-sized to large businesses over the next five years as the Covid-19 pandemic accelerates changes in the workplace likely to exaggerate inequalities, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study has found.

Surveys of nearly 300 global […]

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