AI agents to free workers from repetitive, mechanical tasks

Chinese company Laiye doubling down on building digital workforces

Chinese intelligent automation platform Laiye is doubling down on building digital workforces powered by artificial intelligence agents, as part of its broader drive to enhance productivity, liberate people from repetitive work and bolster enterprises' digital transformation.

Wang Guanchun, chairman and CEO of Laiye, said, "We're entering a new era where AI agents will take on real work at scale," highlighting that there are huge opportunities in bolstering the application of AI agents in a wide range of sectors like manufacturing.

Wang estimated that all Fortune 500 companies will have more digital workers than human workers and 90 percent of knowledge work will be executed autonomously by AI agents, while emphasizing that human society will enter into the era of the AI agent economy.