New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- The chief executive officer of Microsoft AI, Mustafa Suleyman, has warned that Artificial Intelligence could replace a large share of white-collar jobs within the next 12-18 months.

This rapid pace of technological advancement will not just impact coders and software engineers. It is also expected to significantly affect professionals such as lawyers and accountants, many of whom could see their work being automated by AI.

In a video interview with the Financial Times, Suleyman revealed that Microsoft has been pushing for a bigger share in the enterprise market with "professional-grade AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)."

Speaking of the plan, he described the system as an AI model that can do almost everything...