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November 9, 2026

Klarna Rehires Workers It Said AI Would Replace, CEO Admits Limits of Automation

Swedish buy-now-pay-later company Klarna is rebuilding its human customer-service team less than two years after CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski claimed an AI assistant was doing the work of 700 full-time agents. The reversal, confirmed by the company and documented in new workforce…