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Chinese tech workers face an existential dilemma as employers push them to train AI agents designed to automate their own jobs.

Chinese tech workers face an existential dilemma as employers push them to train AI agents designed to automate their own jobs.

Chinese tech companies are instructing employees to train AI agents that could replace them, marking a shift from enthusiasm about AI adoption to workforce anxiety

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