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Re:Klarna changes its AI tune and again recruits humans for ... by robin_reala on Sunday May 11, 2025 @02:35PM (#43955900)
Klarna is Swedish, not from the US.
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Re:Klarna changes its AI tune and again recruits humans for ... by bookofjoe on Sunday May 11, 2025 @02:49PM (#43956029)
>the word "Klarna" in Swedish, means clear up or clarify

source: https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?t=36686

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Re:Klarna changes its AI tune and again recruits humans for ... by aerhardt on Sunday May 11, 2025 @03:02PM (#43956135)
Clarify that you can buy this shit you probably don't need in three comfortable instalments?
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Re:Klarna changes its AI tune and again recruits humans for ... by pmdr on Sunday May 11, 2025 @03:29PM (#43956373)
Yeah, pretty much that.
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Re:Klarna changes its AI tune and again recruits humans for ... by throwanem on Sunday May 11, 2025 @02:54PM (#43956070)
So they can't be finance bros? I'm not sure what point you mean to make here.
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Re:Klarna changes its AI tune and again recruits humans for ... by mathgeek on Sunday May 11, 2025 @03:09PM (#43956203)
I believe GP was specifically addressing the “this is America” part.
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Re:Klarna changes its AI tune and again recruits humans for ... by throwanem on Sunday May 11, 2025 @03:13PM (#43956231)
Again, so? The grocery store on my block is beneficially owned by a Belgian and Dutch corporation which feels no compunction in union-busting. What stops a Swede from similarly parasitizing my local economy?
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Re:Klarna changes its AI tune and again recruits humans for ... by mathgeek on Sunday May 11, 2025 @03:44PM (#43956508)
You seem to be arguing the same point? There’s nothing here unique to Americans or America.
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Re:Klarna changes its AI tune and again recruits humans for ... by throwanem on Sunday May 11, 2025 @04:25PM (#43956860)
If that's not the claim "Klarna is Swedish" was meant to (though fails to) counter, then I fail to understand why bring it up at all.
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