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In China, JD.com founder Liu Qiangdong pledged to safeguard all of the company’s 900,000 employees from AI and automation. This move by JD, China’s top retailer and No. 44 on Fortune’s Global 500, reflects a commitment to advancing technology while ensuring employee welfare. JD’s embrace of unmanned warehouses, drone delivery, self-driving vehicles, and AI integration distinguishes the company’s progressive approach. Notably, JD emphasizes retraining rather than terminating frontline workers replaced by machines, establishing 80 centers across China for this purpose. This decision aligns with a Chinese April court ruling prohibiting workers’ termination for AI implementation and considers labor market challenges,…
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