'I'll mark my calendar' | Firm lets AI worker go after it 'agrees to attend work drinks event'

Firm lets AI worker go after it 'agrees to attend work drinks event'

Every company loves it when a new hire hits the ground running, settling in quickly and bonding with colleagues. But one firm has axed an artificially intelligent worker after it seemingly forgot it was a computer and agreed to turn up to work drinks.

Manchester based PR company Bottled Imagination has hired Aimee, an AI employee, to come on board as a digital marketing manager in a two-week trial period – as reported by Prolific North.

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