Former IBM CEO on AI, layoffs, women leaders in tech
The recent buzz surrounding artificial intelligence and mass layoffs roiling the technology industry is familiar ground for Ginni Rometty, whose nearly 40-year career at IBM culminated in her being promoted to CEO in 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The buzz surrounding artificial intelligence and the mass layoffs roiling the technology industry resonates with Ginni Rometty, whose nearly 40-year career at IBM culminated in her becoming CEO in 2012.
Just before Rometty became IBM's first woman CEO, the company's AI-powered computer Watson outwitted two of the most successful contestants in the history of the game show “Jeopardy!"
Rometty, 65, also had to occasionally jettison employees in an extension of cost-cutting layoffs that began in the 1990s as IBM adjusted to waves of technological upheaval that undercut its revenue.
After retiring from IBM in 2020, Rometty spent two years writing “Good Power, " a book she describes as a “memoir with purpose." She recently spoke with The Associated Press about her career and the state of the tech industry now.
