BREAKING: Chinese court rules that companies cannot replace workers with AI.
An employee named Zhou checked AI output for a tech company.
His bosses tried to replace him with a machine.
They demanded he take a ~40% pay cut.
When he refused they fired him.
Zhou fought back and took them to court.
He won.
The company appealed the decision to a higher court.
Zhou won again.
The Hangzhou Intermediate People Court ruled that AI is not a legal excuse to break a job contract.