World May 13, 2026 · 1 min read

Chinese court awards compensation to sacked worker replaced by AI

Case attracts widespread attention as example of China balancing enthusiastic adoption of AI with job securityA court in China has ruled in favour of a worker whose company replaced him with artificial intelligence (AI), awarding him more than £28,000 in compensation.The worker, whose surname is Zho...

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The Guardian
by Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent
Chinese court awards compensation to sacked worker replaced by AI

Case attracts widespread attention as example of China balancing enthusiastic adoption of AI with job security

A court in China has ruled in favour of a worker whose company replaced him with artificial intelligence (AI), awarding him more than £28,000 in compensation.

The worker, whose surname is Zhou, joined a tech company in the eastern city of Hangzhou in 2022 to work as a quality assurance supervisor overseeing large language models used in AI products.

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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent.

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