{
  "id": 14908,
  "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/31/china-ai-jobs-workers-labour-market-technology",
  "title": "Could AI take your job? Some workers in China already know the answer",
  "summary": "Across the country, workers are fearful about the impact of AI on their livelihoods in an increasingly fragile labour market On the tree-lined streets of Wuhan, where cars jostle for space with mopeds and cargo trucks, the malfunctioning of a new type of vehicle has recently been causing chaos on the city’s roads. In March, several cars from a fleet of driverless taxis stopped abruptly in the streets. The “system malfunction” left distressed riders stranded for hours. The robotaxis, known as Apo",
  "authors": "Amy Hawkins in Wuhan",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "jobs-economy,agents-autonomy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "china",
  "published_at": "2026-07-31T02:22:05.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-31T05:10:57.675Z",
  "source_slug": "guardian-ai",
  "source_name": "The Guardian",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.theguardian.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14908",
  "original_url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/31/china-ai-jobs-workers-labour-market-technology",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}