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The AI boss at a San Francisco store just fired its first human
An Anthropic-powered AI agent named Luna fired a worker at an experimental retail store run by Andon Labs in San Francisco. The experiment was designed to test the AI's agentic abilities, though human intervention was required for Luna to recall its own policies before recommending the termination. Andon Labs used Luna to manage operations including selecting merchandise and hiring staff.
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