Dutch Plan to Cut 25,000 Jobs Will Show Whether AI Can Shrink Government
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An AI-led plan to cut 25,000 civil servant roles is one of the first large-scale tests of whether governments can actually translate automation into a smaller payroll. Public-sector tech leaders elsewhere should watch not just the savings but the political and service-delivery fallout before promising similar headcount reductions.
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