Indian technology giant Tata Consultancy Services (NSE:TCS, BOM:532540) does not plan to reduce its overall headcount due to artificial intelligence (AI) and will hire for newer AI-native skill sets, according to a Moneycontrol.com report on Thursday, citing the company's chief executive officer and managing director K Krithivasan.
Krithivasan's comments come amid rising concerns of job losses due to the notion that AI will replace employees.
There would be no "drastic change" in headcount, however, there could be a change in the skillset requirements, and other new opportunities would come up, Krithivasan said at the company's June earnings conference on Thursday, according to the news report.
In the fiscal first quarter ended June 30, Tata Consultancy Services recorded its biggest quarterly headcount addition in four years with the addition of 9,279 employees on a net basis, taking its total workforce to 593,798, the report said.
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