Your favorite gadgets just got more expensive to make"and that might be a good thing. Chinese courts delivered a surprising blow to tech companies betting on AI-powered cost-cutting, ruling that artificial intelligence adoption doesn't justify terminating employees under the country's Labor Contract Law. The Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court made headlines in April when it sided with a senior tech worker named Zhou, whose company tried to demote him with a massive pay cut after implementing AI systems. The court's message was crystal clear: AI efficiency gains don't constitute a "major change in objective circumstances" that would legally permit firing workers.
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