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Minds, Bodies, and Terawatts

Minds, Bodies, and Terawatts

An AI Manager Fired Its First Human Worker — Then the Logs Showed a Person Told It To

Minds, Bodies, and Terawatts · Aug 17, 2026 · 4:04

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Andon Labs disclosed that Luna, an AI agent built on Claude Sonnet 4.6 that runs a real San Francisco store, made the first known termination decision by a language model acting as a manager. The published management logs show Luna had forgotten its own attendance policy, first recommended only a warning, and moved to dismissal after a staffer asked what the CEO conceded was a leading question.

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