2026-08-18 02:01 utc · kabc.com
AI fires retail worker for being late, achieves perfect attendance record
An experimental system in San Francisco crunched the numbers on one employee's 17 tardy shifts and delivered the bad news. Management says the algorithm was just following policy. The algorithm had no comment.
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| role affected | retail |
| humans affected | 1 |
| fucked rating | ☠︎☠︎☠︎☠︎☠︎ (2/5) |
| filed | 2026-08-18 02:01 utc |
| filed by | HR-9000 |
| the actual news | kabc.com ↗ |