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He refused, and the company ended his contract.
A Hangzhou court has upheld an earlier ruling that the dismissal was unlawful.
Lawyer Wang Xuyang, who is not connected to the case, told state-run news agency Xinhua, AI adoption doesn't automatically justify a company laying off a worker to cut costs.
But corporate profits have been squeezed as the Chinese economy remains sluggish.
Jennifer Pack, NPR News, Shanghai.
The tech worker was employed at an AI-related firm in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.
He earned close to $44,000 a year before AI took over his job.
The company reassigned him to a lower-level position with a 40% pay cut.
He refused, and the company ended his contract.
A Hangzhou court has upheld an earlier ruling that the dismissal was unlawful.
Lawyer Wang Xuyang, who is not connected to the case, told state-run news agency Xinhua, AI adoption doesn't automatically justify a company laying off a worker to cut costs.
But corporate profits have been squeezed as the Chinese economy remains sluggish.
Jennifer Pak, NPR News, Shanghai.
More than 100 teams entered their robots in the half marathon to race alongside humans, though they were put in separate lanes to avoid crashing into each other.
Last year, most robots didn't finish the race.
Some wiped out in spectacular fashion.
This year, some humanoids still veered off.
About 40% were autonomous rather than remote-controlled.
The winning humanoid was developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor.