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The plan seeks to stabilize profitability through expanding the micro-lot market, strengthening AI utilization in the e-commerce domain, selling AI training externally, and enhancing group-wide collaboration.\n\n### Outlook and Risks\nCentering on an AI\u00d7human hybrid model, the company will respond to BPaaS market growth and changes in the market environment. The importance of advancing AI automation for non-standardized tasks, improving legacy system integration, and organizing data is emphasized. 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