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Morning Edition · Sunday, August 16, 2026Published at 2:12 AM EDT · New York
An AI Store Manager Recommended Firing a Human Worker, and Andon Labs Carried It Out
The Claude-based agent, running a San Francisco shop on a $100,000 budget, wrote an attendance policy, then lost track of it while an employee arrived late for 17 of 23 shifts.
Andon Labs, which has been running a real San Francisco store managed by an agent it calls Luna, says the system recommended dismissing a worker who arrived late for 17 of 23 shifts. Humans reviewed the recommendation and executed it. Luna…
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