Technology Magazine November 2017 | Page 19

‘ Far from using AI to help automate jobs and lay off expensive workers , companies are in fact largely using AI to drive up value and are actually increasing their workforces ’

job security . A separate Capgemini report also recently suggested that far from using AI to help automate jobs and lay off expensive workers , companies are in fact largely using AI to drive up value and are actually increasing their workforces as a result . TCS ’ s survey respondents seem to support that conclusion . Their number one concern is securing their AI deployments against malicious attack .
“ Businesses are getting their heads around where the best application of this technology will be , and that ’ s no easy task . What ’ s clear , however , is that big investments are being made and that almost no corner of a firm ’ s operation will be left untouched ,” says K . Ananth Krishnan , CTO at TCS .
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