11 pointsby petethomas9 months ago5 comments

toomuchtodo9 months ago
https://archive.today/T9Ujz
techpineapple9 months ago
Is it just me or is the Klarna news recently wild. This is all from the past 2 days:
1. This, Klarna's losses widen
2. Klarna's revenue per employee at 1 million https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/klarnas-revenue-per-employ...
3. Klarna's Backpedal's after making devastating mistake; (AI(https://www.thestreet.com/finance/klarna-backpedals-after-ma...
4. Klarn'as CEO lean's into company's image, using an AI doppelganger to deliver earnings highlights Klarna's CEO leans into his company's image, using an AI doppelganger to deliver earnings highlights (AI good) https://www.businessinsider.com/klarna-buy-now-pay-later-ai-...
5. Klarna reports fourth consecutive profitable quarter. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/klarna-reports-fourth-consecu...
- bediger40009 months ago
  I saw that, and wondered about it as well. Odd for a media blitz.
toomuchtodo9 months ago
Related:
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silverquiet9 months ago
> Klarna, which presented Monday’s earnings via an AI-generated avatar of its chief executive
I've suspected for awhile now that the most easily automated job would be upper management.
- cosmicgadget9 months ago
  But could an AI come up with such a brazen gimmick to lure a big institution into buying them?
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