Axel Springer Tells Staff They Only Have To Explain If They Did Not Use AI
Axel Springer, owner of Politico, Business Insider, Bild and Welt, is going all in on artificial intelligence (AI).
“Nobody in the company has to explain in the company why she or he is using AI to do something — whether to prepare a presentation or analyze a document,” said CEO Mathias Döpfner during an hour-long all-employee meeting last week, Status reports. “You only have to explain if you didn’t use AI. That’s really something you have to explain because that shouldn’t happen.”
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