Chinese court awards compensation to sacked worker replaced by AI
2026-05-13 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
A Chinese court awarded over £28,000 to a quality assurance supervisor who got replaced by AI at a Hangzhou tech company. Turns out 'you're fired because a chatbot can do your job' doesn't fly even in China's AI-obsessed economy. The case is being watched as a test of whether China can keep worshipping AI while pretending workers still matter.