Chinese court awards compensation to sacked worker replaced by AI
2026-05-13 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
A Chinese court sided with a worker who got replaced by AI, awarding him over £28,000 in compensation. The quality assurance supervisor learned the hard way that 'quality assurance' apparently doesn't include assuring the quality of your own job security. At least China is setting a precedent that companies can't just swap humans for algorithms without consequences.