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JD.com’s founder vows to protect 900,000 jobs from AI. His warehouse strategy says otherwise.

Liu Qiangdong said JD.com will retrain workers and safeguard employment as the retailer expands drones, autonomous vehicles and unmanned warehouses.

Summary by TNW
Liu Qiangdong’s pledge to safeguard JD.com’s workforce from automation sits uncomfortably with his own ‘unmanned era’ vision and a flagship warehouse already running on four employees. Liu Qiangdong, the founder of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, vowed in an internal speech this week to protect the company’s 900,000-strong workforce from AI and robotics, according to a […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Business Times broke the news in Singapore, Singapore on Thursday, May 28, 2026.
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