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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by direwolf20 on Sunday February 08, 2026 @05:00AM (#46932928)
Seems like the cover might be for investors. If a company is shrinking but you don't want investors to know it's shrinking, you can say you're improving productivity with AI.
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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by stinkbeetle on Sunday February 08, 2026 @05:18PM (#46939143)
If a company is shrinking wouldn't investors just see it was shrinking from their financial statements?
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