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Can China Embrace AI Without the Job Losses?

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for May 28. As the backlash against artificial intelligence builds in the U.S. and elsewhere, WSJ China economics reporter Hannah Miao says Beijing is pushing companies to embrace AI, but warning them not to cut jobs as they embrace new tools. Plus, federal prosecutors charge a Google employee with insider trading after the software engineer allegedly made more than $1 million betting with nonpublic information. And Meta rolls out paid subscription plans for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp as the company tries to recoup some of the costs from its expensive AI buildout. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.7

Oil rises as hostilities between the U.S. and Iran flare up.

0:39.8

Plus, federal prosecutors charge a Google employee with insider trading on polymarket, and China tries to walk a fine line

0:46.0

of pushing companies to embrace AI without firing workers.

0:51.1

It seems that this is a topic that is increasingly sensitive for China's government,

0:57.2

and there appear to be growing concerns about the potential widespread impact of AI on the labor

1:03.2

market, which could create all sorts of instability in the economy. It's Thursday, May 28th.

1:09.6

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,

1:11.7

and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving

1:16.8

your world today. U.S. forces have conducted new military strikes against Iran, in what

1:23.7

American officials say was a response to Tehran targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

1:29.5

As part of the U.S. response, jets shot down Iranian drones and hit a drone control center near a port city along the strait,

1:36.9

a site that officials say poses a threat to U.S. forces and commercial shipping.

1:41.8

As with U.S. strikes earlier in the week, Trump administration officials

1:45.0

said the attacks were limited and defensive in nature and not an escalation that would

1:50.0

collapse a fragile ceasefire as both sides worked toward a diplomatic agreement. Oil prices are

1:55.9

trading higher this morning, while global markets and U.S. stock futures are trending lower.

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