{
  "id": 11834997,
  "title": "¿Puede mi empresa sustituirme por un clon?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/puede-mi-empresa-sustituirme-por-un-clon",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-04T03:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais Economia",
    "slug": "el-pais-economia",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/economia/negocios/2026-10-04/pueden-las-empresas-sustituirme-por-un-clon.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "A technological company based in China, Baidu, has trained an avatar of one of its engineers to continue working after the engineer leaves the firm. This raises an uncomfortable possibility for employees, according to a report by the digital magazine Sixth Tone. In such a scenario, a company could retain the knowledge and skills of its employees by creating digital replicas that can perform their functions and even replace them. This idea may appeal to businesses as it promises to preserve expertise, reduce reliance on specific individuals, and prevent the loss of knowledge. However, the legal viability of such a practice in Spain is questionable, according to legal experts consulted. They agree that a digital avatar capable of imitating a specific worker would clash with numerous legal limits. The conflict does not end when the employee departs, as explained by Leandro Núñez, a partner at Audens. \"Revoking consent is simple, but ensuring an AI unlearns what it learned from your data is not,\" he notes. Unlike a database, knowledge is dispersed among millions of parameters, and there is often no specific record that can be located and deleted. The debate has already reached the European Union, with some proposals considering that in cases where deletion is disproportionate or technically impossible, measures should be applied to prevent further use of those data or exploitation of the results obtained from them.",
  "summary": "El caso de un ingeniero chino que creó su doble digital abre el debate sobre los límites legales de la automatización",
  "key_points": [
    "Baidu trains engineer avatar to continue work post-departure",
    "Legal experts say digital avatars clash with numerous Spanish laws",
    "Deleting AI's knowledge is difficult due to dispersed data parameters"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Creating digital replicas of departing employees raises uncomfortable questions about ownership of expertise and control over personal data, challenging existing legal limits in Spain and sparking debate across the European Union.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}