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Business

Deutsche Telekom expects €2.5 billion AI savings by 2030

The telecom group also wants €800 million of AI revenue outside the US by 2030. Reuters notes the savings figures leave out what the AI itself costs.

Deutsche Telekom held an AI investor day in Bonn on Monday, October 5. It said AI and automation should cut its indirect costs by about €2.5 billion by 2030, compared with 2023. It expects gross savings of about €1.1 billion outside the US in 2027.

Policy & Law

California bars firing or disciplining workers by AI alone

Newsom signed the No Robo Bosses Act with a dozen other bills on September 30. From July 2027, a human must check any discipline or firing that leans mainly on an automated system, and workers must be told in writing.

Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 947, the “No Robo Bosses Act”, on September 30, along with 12 other bills his office grouped as AI and worker protections. From July 1, 2027, California employers may not rely solely on an automated decision system to discipline or fire workers. When such a system was the main basis, a human must corroborate the decision, and the worker must get a written notice.

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