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- Hacker News
- TL;DR:
“Under the policy, only Al-related hiring, customer-facing travel and trips directly linked to the company's Al initiatives or mission-critical employee Al training are exempt, reflecting SAP's focus on "be disciplined in how we spend" while expanding its Al capabilities.”
no-paywall: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49222851
by rawland - Like their systems aren't shitty enough.by feverzsj
- So they are using AI to run the company, and AI allocated all the money to AI?by gruturo
- So will AI be what finally kills SAP, making world a little bit better? ;-)by m4rtink
- "Daddy, vodka got more expensive now, does it mean you will be drinking less?"
"No, kids, it means you will be eating less."
- Telling that SAP now exfiltrates all your company data to the U.S. AI cartel:by qw2187
- The big risk for these platforms is that AI reduces the cost to switch to another ERP. IF AI can map all of the data between two different competitors, the whole business model is finishedby mikert89
- Having worked at some giant firms that heavily depend on SAP, I would think their position as "system of record for procurement/production" would get stronger with AI.
e.g. AI + a good database of what your company does seems like an excellent combination.
by alexpotato