Published April 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
MIT Tech Review
Apr 21, 2026, 6:00 AM
Chinese tech workers are starting to train their AI doubles–and pushing back

Tech workers in China are being instructed by their bosses to train AI agents to replace them—and it’s prompting a wave of soul-searching among otherwise enthusiastic early adopters. Earlier this month a GitHub project called Colleague Skill, which claimed workers could use it to “distill” their colleagues’ skills and personality traits and replic…
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