> Still, the move is a major win for Zhou, and is seen as a soft sign that the Chinese judiciary, and therefore national lawmakers could be gearing up to protect workers from the threat of AI automation and austerity — while laborers remain largely on their own in much of the western world.

I hope more countries enshrine in law the principle that AI must augment humans, not completely replace human judgement. Legal reassurance of the fact a computer can't be held accountable, so it must not be allowed to make business decisions on its own.