JD.com Founder Vows to Protect Chinese Jobs From AI and Robots

JD.com Inc. founder Liu Qiangdong vowed to prevent the e-commerce firm’s 900,000-strong workforce from losing their jobs to automation, seeking to allay growing fears that the adoption of AI and...

By Charlie Zhu, Jing Li · Bloomberg Markets

JD.com Inc. founder Liu Qiangdong vowed to prevent the e-commerce firm’s 900,000-strong workforce from losing their jobs to automation, seeking to allay growing fears that the adoption of AI and robotics could replace workers.