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WiseTech begins redundancies – but omits ‘AI’ from emails to Chinese employees, workers say (opens in new tab)

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ASX-listed company announced in February it would lay off almost 30% of its 7,000-strong workforce across 40 countriesGet our , or WiseTech has begun informing staff that they will lose their jobs as part of redundancies the company has said is due to artificial intelligence advancements – although an email to staff in China omitted the word “AI” after a court case against another company in the country.Staff at WiseTech have been to be told if they are among the 2,000 people the logistics so...

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