A Chinese court has issued a ruling that could become an important precedent for the global labor and technology markets. The court found unlawful the dismissal of an employee that the company had justified by the implementation of artificial intelligence systems and automation. In effect, this is one of the first high-profile cases in which…
In late August, 2025, 150 Atlassian employees opened their laptops expecting a normal day at work. What they got instead was a pre-recorded video message from co-founder and CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes. Calm, professional, but utterly detached, the video informed them their jobs were no longer needed. Within minutes, their laptops went dark, system access revoked.
Klarna’s bold leap into AI-driven customer service has hit a human wall. Less than a year after replacing 700 staff with AI, the company is now backtracking, admitting that automation alone couldn’t deliver the quality customers expected.
Developers built the AI that’s now replacing them — poetic, isn’t it? Explore how coders automated themselves out of jobs, who will survive the shift, and why LaSoft still bets on humans.
