AI Employees Are Here: The HR Challenge of 2025

What happens when your next hire doesn’t need a salary, a desk, or even sleep? Welcome to the era of AI workers.

Goldman Sachs CIO Marco Argenti predicts a transformative year where AI agents become corporate “employees,” managed alongside humans. These digital workers, capable of handling complex, long-term tasks, will operate in hybrid teams.

IT departments will function as AI HR, onboarding, training, and even replacing AI agents as more capable models emerge. Argenti envisions these AI models as highly specialized experts, akin to PhD graduates, thanks to advancements like retrieval-augmented generation and fine-tuning.

While some companies focus on frontier models with astronomical training costs, others will refine smaller, domain-specific models. Argenti also highlights the growing importance of responsible AI governance as these systems become integral to operations.

The rise of AI employees challenges us to rethink workforce management. Are businesses ready to manage AI workers ethically and effectively?

Read the full article on ZDNET.

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