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Shopify CEO tells teams to consider using AI before growing headcount


In a company memo, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke said that teams must consider using AI before requesting more resources or headcount.

In a recent memo to employees, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke made a bold policy change: teams must demonstrate why AI can’t perform a job before they’re permitted to ask for more headcount and resources. “Before asking for more headcount and resources, teams must demonstrate why they cannot get what they want done using AI,” Lütke wrote in the memo, which he shared publicly on social media Monday. A new report from the United Nations’ Trade and Development organization estimates that AI could disrupt over 40% of roles globally.

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