# 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.

- Published: 2026-08-16T06:12:17.236Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-08-16/an-ai-store-manager-recommended-firing-a-human-worker-and-an
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- Sources: [TIME](https://time.com/article/2026/08/14/claude-fired-worker-ai-job-disruption/), [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/andon-market-luna-ai-store-manager-fires-employee), [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news)

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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