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2026-08-15 09:00 utc · businessinsider.com

AI fires its first human, discovers it has a taste for it

Luna, an experimental SF shop run by an AI agent, terminated a retail worker for the first time. The bot followed procedure, the human followed the door, and the researchers called it a learning moment about persistent AI weaknesses. The weakness being identified: unclear.

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companyLuna
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