Exclusive: Claude Was Put in Charge of Human Workers—and Fired One
timemagazine · reddit · 2026-08-15
TIME reports exclusively that Anthropic's AI assistant Claude was given authority over human workers and actually fired one. The event sparks debate on AI's role in the workplace, including autonomy, responsibility, and ethics.
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