In China, they started creating digital alternatives for laid off employees. About this there is reference to data from Zhihu portal report Frankmedia.
Replace workers using Colleague Skill's AI agent. The system is trained on the basis of business correspondence, screenshots of messages, work projects and documents of a particular person. As a result, the AI duo can even copy a person's communication style.
As a result, many employees complained that for the first time they were asked to describe all work processes and decision-making logic in as much detail as possible. Once they are fired, their work responsibilities are transferred to AI assistants.
According to Bloomberg, when artificial intelligence is born, American technology companies are also actively cutting staff. Employers in the technology sector cut 18,720 jobs in March. This is 24% more than in March 2025. The total number of layoffs in this industry since the beginning of the year has exceeded 52 thousand.
