As China’s tech firms adapt to AI era, workers worry they’ll be ‘optimised’ out of a job
When a friend checked in on a Meituan employee late last month to see if he had survived the latest round of corporate culling at the food delivery giant, he responded drily: “I don’t know whether it will be me next.” Anxieties were running high at the company then, after chat screenshots circulated on Chinese social media claiming Meituan planned to slash up to half of its product roles by the end of June, coupled with deep cuts to other departments. While Meituan quickly denied the rumours,...
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As China’s tech firms adapt to AI era, workers worry they’ll be ‘optimised’ out of a job Why it matters: LLMs is moving the AI stack right now, and this update helps explain what changed for builders. Source: South China Morning Post https://a2zai.ai/bytes/as-china-s-tech-fi...
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