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World Service,25 Feb 2025,26 mins

Singapore: AI taking over jobs

World Business Report

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Singapore's biggest bank says it expects to cut 4,000 roles over the next three years because of AI. DBS bank expects AI to take on more roles carried out by humans. In Bahrain, the international ratings agency Fitch has downgraded its outlook for the country to "negative". And Gideon Long hears about how Pakistan and Bangladesh have started direct government-to-government trade. He speaks to the Chairman of Pakistan's Rice Exporters Association.

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