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UKG CIO: HR Tech is AI's Next Big Investment Area

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UKG's CIO, Prakash “PK” Kota, views HR technology as a significant future investment area for AI. Under his leadership, UKG employees have developed numerous internal AI tools and agents, leveraging platforms like Microsoft, Google's Gemini, and OpenAI's ChatGPT. The company is actively integrating AI into customer service, with autonomous agents handling a substantial portion of inquiries and drafting customer materials, thereby enhancing efficiency and allowing human representatives to focus on upselling. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates how AI integration in HR tech can automate customer service and enhance employee productivity.

RANK_REASON Article discusses internal AI tool adoption and strategy within a specific company, not a frontier release or major industry shift.

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UKG CIO: HR Tech is AI's Next Big Investment Area

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · John Kell ·

    UKG’s CIO says HR tech is AI’s next big bet. The software firm’s employees have already launched 387 AI tools and over 12,000 agents

    After two decades at Autodesk, Prakash “PK” Kota joined UKG to give 14,000 broad access to AI tools and encourage them to build thousands of agents to automate work.

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