TIMTOS 2025: THK CEO warns against automation-driven layoffs, champions human value in AI era

Digitimes
By Willis KeMar 5, 2025, 1:54 am222 pts
As manufacturers worldwide embrace AI, robotics, and the Internet of Things (IoT) to automate operations, Akihiro Teramachi, Chairman and CEO of Japan's THK Group, has cautioned against using automation as a pretext for laying off employees.

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