'I'll mark my calendar' | 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.

The firm reportedly chose the specific platform after pitting several AI platforms against one another in an interview process.

And while ‘Aimee’ got straight to work on certain tasks such as blogs and social media posts, there were struggles in other areas such as creative thinking, meaning the team decided not to continue using ‘Aimee’ after the two week probation period.