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Bosses Are Using AI to Decide Who to Fire
Though most signs are telling us artificial intelligence isn’t taking anyone’s jobs, employers are still using the tech to justify layoffs, outsource work to the global South, and scare workers into submission. But that’s not all — a growing number of employers are using AI not just as an excuse to downsize, but are giving it the final say in who gets axed.
That’s according to a survey of 1,342 managers by ResumeBuilder.com, which runs a blog dedicated to HR. Of those surveyed, 6 out of 10 admitted to consulting a large language model (LLM) when deciding on major HR decisions affecting their employees.
Per the report, 78 percent said they consulted a chatbot to decide whether to award an employee a raise, while 77 percent said they used it to determine promotions.
And a staggering 66 percent said an LLM like ChatGPT helped them make decisions on layoffs; 64 percent said they’d turned to AI for advice on terminations.
To make things more unhinged, the survey recorded that nearly 1 in 5 managers frequently let their LLM have the final say on decisions — without human input.
Over half the managers in the survey used ChatGPT, with Microsoft’s Copilot and Google’s Gemini coming in second and third, respectively.
The numbers paint a grim picture, especially when you consider the LLM sycophancy problem — an issue where LLMs generate flattering responses that reinforce their user’s predispositions. OpenAI’s ChatGPT is notorious for its brown nosing, so much so that it was forced to address the problem with a special update.
Sycophancy is an especially glaring issue if ChatGPT alone is making the decision that could upend someone’s livelihood. Consider the scenario where a manager is seeking an excuse to fire an employee, allowing an LLM to confirm their prior notions and effectively pass the buck onto the chatbot.
AI brownnosing is already having some devastating social consequences. For example, some people who have become convinced that LLMs are truly sentient — which might have something to do with the “artificial intelligence” branding — have developed what’s being called “ChatGPT psychosis.”
Folks consumed by ChatGPT have experienced severe mental health crises, characterized by delusional breaks from reality. Though ChatGPT’s only been on the market for a little under three years, it’s already being blamed for causing divorces, job loss, homelessness, and in some cases, involuntary commitment in psychiatric care facilities.
And that’s all without mentioning LLMs’ knack for hallucinations — a not-so-minor problem where the chatbots spit out made-up gibberish in order to provide an answer, even if it’s totally wrong. As LLM chatbots consume more data, they also become more prone to these hallucinations, meaning the issue is likely only going to get worse as time goes on.
When it comes to potentially life-altering choices like who to fire and who to promote, you’d be better off rolling a dice — and unlike LLMs, at least you’ll know the odds.
More on LLMs: OpenAI Admits That Its New Model Still Hallucinates More Than a Third of the Time
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Undervalued and Profitable: This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Has Soared 73% in 2025, and It Could Still Jump Higher
Storage solutions provider Seagate Technology (STX -1.59%) has registered an outstanding rally on the stock market in 2025, rising an incredible 73% year to date and beating the Nasdaq Composite index’s 7% return by a massive margin.
This impressive performance can be attributed to robust growth in the demand for storage in data centers running artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. Let’s dig into how AI is fueling Seagate’s growth and see how it could pave the way for more upside in this technology stock.
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Seagate Technology is growing at an incredible pace, and it can sustain its momentum
Seagate Technology’s revenue in the first nine months of its fiscal 2025 increased almost 43% year over year to $6.65 billion. Even better, the company’s non-GAAP (adjusted) income from operations has jumped more than fourfold during this period, thanks to higher margins.
Management attributes this fantastic growth to the healthy demand for mass capacity storage in the cloud, which has created a tight supply environment and led to an increase in prices. Management remarked on the company’s April earnings call that the growing storage demand “aligns with the cloud capex investment cycle and ongoing build-out of data center infrastructure to support AI transformations.”
Specifically, 90% of the storage in large-scale data centers is done with hard drives because of their cost efficiency and scalability. With the storage requirement in data centers expected to more than double between 2024 and 2028, Seagate estimates this could push annual revenue for the data center storage market to $23 billion by 2028, up from $13 billion last year.
Seagate is in a solid position to make the most of this growth opportunity considering its 40% share of the global storage market. Not surprisingly, Seagate’s outlook for the recently concluded fiscal fourth quarter was an impressive one. The company guided for $2.4 billion in revenue at the midpoint of its range, along with $2.40 per share in earnings.
The top-line guidance is good for a 27% year-over-year increase, while earnings are on track to more than double from the prior-year period’s reading of $1.05 per share.
A solid jump in the company’s earnings points toward more gains
For the full fiscal year, Seagate could grow revenue 38%, while its adjusted earnings will jump more than sixfold to $7.91 per share. Importantly, the company should be able to sustain this momentum, thanks to the tailwinds discussed above, and that sets the stage for strong returns.
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The potential earnings growth combined with Seagate’s incredibly attractive valuation makes the stock a no-brainer buy. It is now trading at just 21 times trailing earnings and 16 times forward earnings estimates. The Nasdaq 100 index, meanwhile, has an average forward earnings multiple of 29, which means the stock trades at a significant discount to the tech sector overall.
Investors looking for a fast-growing AI stock that’s also reasonably priced would do well to buy Seagate before it flies higher.
Harsh Chauhan has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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