AI to replace CEOs? Tech bosses test the waters with digital twins
With AI becoming deeply embedded across industries, some tech leaders are pushing the boundaries — by letting digital avatars take their place during company earnings calls.
Klarna
CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski and
Zoom
's Eric Yuan are among the first to experiment with AI versions of themselves for public-facing presentations. At Klarna, an AI-powered avatar of Siemiatkowski handled most of the fintech firm's recent earnings call — with only subtle giveaways, such as a slightly out-of-sync voice, hinting that it wasn't the real CEO. The fact became apparent when the avatar disclosed its AI identity.
Soon after, Zoom's Yuan followed suit. His AI avatar delivered the opening remarks at the company's earnings call using Zoom Clips, its internal video tool.
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'I am proud to be among the first CEOs to use an avatar in an earnings call,' said the digital Yuan. 'It is just one example of how Zoom is pushing the boundaries of communication and collaboration. At the same time, we know trust and security are essential… We've built strong safeguards to prevent misuse, protect identity, and ensure avatars are used responsibly.'
This move comes on the heels of a
Harvard Business Review study
published last September, which tested
GPT-4o
's performance in a simulated CEO role. The results: the AI outperformed human participants on most metrics — yet it was fired sooner.
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The AI failed during simulated market shocks, akin to the unpredictability of the Covid-19 pandemic. Human participants, mostly business students from top global universities, adopted more conservative strategies, avoided risky inventory, and emphasised flexibility and sustainable growth. GPT-4o, on the other hand, pursued aggressive expansion and quick wins — a strategy that fell apart when volatility struck.
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The study concluded:
'Despite its impressive performance, AI cannot assume the full responsibility of a CEO in markets that serve humans. Instead, it can significantly improve the strategic planning process and help prevent costly mistakes.'
In other words, the chaos and unpredictability of real-world markets — and the need to navigate human relationships — still make the CEO job uniquely human. At least for now.
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Time of India
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By the fall of 2022, during a period when he and Boucher were broken up, he began traveling with the boy for days at a time, often without providing advance notice, according to people familiar with his actions. Boucher reconciled with Musk, only to get another unpleasant surprise. In August 2023, she learned that Zilis was expecting a third child with Musk via surrogacy and was pregnant with their fourth. Boucher and Musk began a contentious custody battle, during which Musk kept X for months. They eventually signed the joint custody agreement that specified keeping their children out of the spotlight. By mid-2023, unknown to either Boucher or Zilis, Musk had started a romantic relationship with St. Clair, the writer, who lives in New York City. St. Clair said in an interview that at first, Musk told her he wasn't dating anyone else. 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Later that month, at a Trump inauguration event, Musk thumped his chest and thrust his hand diagonally upward, resembling a fascist salute. "My heart goes out to you," he told the crowd. "It is thanks to you that the future of civilization is assured." Musk dismissed the resulting public outcry, saying he had made a "positive gesture." Low, who is chief executive of NeuroVigil, a neurotechnology company, was outraged by the performance. He wrote Musk a sharp email, shared with the Times, cursing him "for giving the Nazi salute." When Musk didn't respond to the message, Low posted his concerns on social media. "I have no sympathy for this behavior," he wrote on Facebook, referring to the gesture as well as other behaviors. "At some point, after having repeatedly confronted it in private, I believe the ethical thing to do is to speak out, forcefully and unapologetically." 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