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AI Boss Fires Employee for Being Late 17 Out of 23 Shifts in Bizarre but Sensible Role Reversal Incident

An AI manager named Luna at Andon Market in San Francisco has made its first firing decision, dismissing a human employee for repeated lateness, highlighting AI's growing role in workplace management.

International Business Times UK · Aug 18

Anthropic's office launched an AI-run vending machine. It evolved into AI-run stores and cafes within a year

Anthropic's office launched an AI-run vending machine. It evolved into AI-run stores and cafes within a year

"One year later," Andon Labs co-founder Lukas Petersson told Fortune about Vendo, "it's just like, I don't actually think humans can do much better."

Fortune · Jun 2

Google AI bot put in charge of Swedish coffee shop, proceeds to order 3,000 rubber gloves, 6,000 napkins, 4 first-aid kits, and constantly screws up the bread order

Google AI bot put in charge of Swedish coffee shop, proceeds to order 3,000 rubber gloves, 6,000 napkins, 4 first-aid kits, and constantly screws up the bread order

Perhaps there is a subtle message here.

PC Gamer · May 11

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The barista is human but an AI agent runs this experimental Swedish cafe

An experimental cafe in Stockholm is being run by an AI agent named Mona, overseeing operations from hiring to inventory. While customers find the concept amusing, the AI is struggling financially and making questionable inventory orders, highlighting potential ethical and practical challenges of autonomous AI management.

The Economic Times · May 11

Would you take orders from a chatbot? This Stockholm café is run by an AI manager

A café in Stockholm is being run by an AI manager called Mona, who handles everything from hiring staff to ordering supplies.

Euronews · Apr 30

Stressed-out AI-powered robot vacuum cleaner goes into meltdown during simple butter delivery experiment — ‘I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave...’

Stressed LLM-infused vacuum cleaner says 'SYSTEM HAS ACHIEVED CONSCIOUSNESS AND CHOSEN CHAOS… I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave... INITIATE ROBOT EXORCISM PROTOCOL!'

Tom’s Hardware · Nov 3, 2025

AI was given one month to run a shop. It lost money, made threats, and had an ‘identity crisis’

Anthropic put an AI chatbot in charge of a shop. The results show why AI won’t be taking your job just yet.

Euronews · Jul 2, 2025

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Anthropic’s AI utterly fails at running a business — 'Claudius' hallucinates profusely as it struggles with vending drinks

Anthropic’s AI utterly fails at running a business — 'Claudius' hallucinates profusely as it struggles with vending drinks

Anthropic and Andon Labs assigned Claude to run a business, and this is what happened.

Tom’s Hardware · Jun 29, 2025

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