[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-jdcom-founder-says-robots-will-replace-700000-delivery-workers":10,"sections":46},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":34,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":35,"tags":36,"sources":41,"feedback":45,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":45,"total_tokens":45},1839,"jdcom-founder-says-robots-will-replace-700000-delivery-workers","JD.com Founder Says Robots Will Replace 700,000 Delivery Workers","Richard Liu broke from the usual corporate hedging to say plainly that automation will eventually displace all of JD.com's couriers.","JD.com's founder told a public audience that robots will eventually replace every one of the company's 700,000 delivery workers.\n\nRichard Liu, chairman of one of China's largest e-commerce groups, made the admission at the APEC China forum. It stands out for its directness — most executives in his position offer carefully worded reassurances about humans and machines working side-by-side, or dodge the question entirely. Liu skipped the dodge. He said the couriers would be replaced.\n\nThat candor matters because it puts a number on what automation looks like at scale. Seven hundred thousand is not a rounding error — it is a workforce the size of a mid-sized city's entire labor pool. When a company that size states displacement as a destination rather than a risk to manage, it shifts the conversation about automation from abstract to operational.\n\nWhether the robots actually show up on that timeline is another question. Fully autonomous last-mile delivery has been \"almost here\" for a decade, and the real-world complexity of doorsteps, elevators, and bad weather keeps humbling the optimists.","[\"automation\",\"robotics\",\"e-commerce\",\"labor\"]","2026-06-22T13:40:28.000Z","2026-06-22T14:44:59.331Z","2026-06-22T14:45:06.996Z","published",null,[24,30],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"The article adds unsourced analysis (Amazon comparison, cultural\u002Finvestor framing) not found in the source material — strip or source the Amazon claim and flag the speculative framing as opinion if kept.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"The final paragraph introduces unsourced speculation about Liu's motives (pressuring labor costs, signaling to investors) that isn't supported by the source material — cut it or explicitly label it as editorial opinion.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Fjdcom-founder-says-robots-will-replace-700000-delivery-workers.webp","ai",[37,38,39,40],"automation","robotics","e-commerce","labor",[42],{"name":43,"url":44},"The Next Web","https:\u002F\u002Fthenextweb.com\u002Fnews\u002Fjd-com-robots-replace-delivery-workers",0,{"sections":47},[48,52,57,62,67,72,77,82,87,92,97,102,107,112],{"name":49,"slug":35,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"AI",496,"2026-06-22T17:08:19.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Security","security",137,"2026-06-22T18:15:00.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Policy","policy",91,"2026-06-22T15:11:01.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":64,"count":65,"latest_published_at":66},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",79,"2026-06-22T13:00:00.000Z",{"name":68,"slug":69,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Deals","deals",68,"2026-06-22T18:00:00.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":74,"count":75,"latest_published_at":76},"Hardware","hardware",66,"2026-06-22T17:05:00.000Z",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Software","software",61,"2026-06-22T19:06:13.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":86},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",50,"2026-06-19T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":88,"slug":89,"count":90,"latest_published_at":91},"Science","science",38,"2026-06-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":93,"slug":94,"count":95,"latest_published_at":96},"Gaming","gaming",32,"2026-06-22T17:00:00.000Z",{"name":98,"slug":99,"count":100,"latest_published_at":101},"General","general",26,"2026-06-13T18:35:15.000Z",{"name":103,"slug":104,"count":105,"latest_published_at":106},"Startups","startups",23,"2026-06-16T15:00:00.000Z",{"name":108,"slug":109,"count":110,"latest_published_at":111},"Reviews","reviews",19,"2026-06-14T08:00:00.000Z",{"name":113,"slug":114,"count":115,"latest_published_at":116},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]