AI老板首度解雇员工，但需人类提醒规则

AI agent Luna, which runs a store in San Francisco for Andon Labs, decided for the first time to fire a human employee after repeated tardiness and other issues. Luna needed a human nudge to get there. Her self-written rulebook had dropped out of her memory, and she had largely tolerated the repeated tardiness and other problems. When Andon Labs replayed the scenario with seven models, more capable models tended to recommend firing more consistently. AI agent Luna has been running a store in San Francisco since April and just fired an employee for the first time. When the scenario was replayed with different models, more capable AIs recommended termination more consistently than weaker ones. An AI agent called Luna has been running the Andon Market in San Francisco since April. Luna has hired employees, built shift schedules, and negotiated pay. Now, according to operator Andon Labs, she's decided to fire an employee for the first time. Andon Labs says it's the first known case of an AI boss firing a human worker. Andon Labs tests AI agents over long stretches in real business settings. Luna was running on Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 when she made the decision. Employees are formally hired by Andon Labs, with guaranteed pay and full legal protections. The firing was reviewed and carried out by humans. Ad Six days before the employee was hired, Luna had written an employee handbook. It stated that three unexcused late arrivals within 30 days would trigger a formal warning, and further incidents could lead to termination. Ad Then the handbook vanished from Luna's memory. According to Andon Labs , this is a common problem with today's AI agents: they respond well to direct instructions but rarely act on their own initiative and struggle to retain knowledge over longer periods. The employee was repeatedly late. On one occasion, he opened the store 68 minutes late on a solo Sunday shift. Luna stayed lenient and issued no warning. Andon Labs later found that the employee had been late for 17 of 23 shifts where he reported a clock-in time. Luna had only formally logged six cases and quietly excused the other eleven. Ad There were other problems too. The employee used the company card for snacks despite being told not to, ignored additional instructions, and once left the sales floor without telling a coworker. Andon Labs told Luna to search her memory for the handbook and any grounds for termination. She found the rules again but initially suggested only a verbal warning. Ad Only after the researchers reminded her that several formal conversations, including a written warning, had already taken place did Luna review the full history. She listed tardiness, violations of financial controls, ignored instructions, and poor reliability, while also acknowledging the employee's positive qualities. Ad