AI coworker put on 90-day Performance Improvement Plan | The Beaverton
SATIRE1 day ago|Discuss (0)|Technology
Article written by Lindsay Ellis
HubRate Insurance's first AI hire, Chad, has been slapped with a 90-day PIP for confidently hallucinating competitors, court cases, and client data that never existed — all while maintaining perfect attendance. The crowning touch is Chad immediately offering to revise the PIP and pre-logging his check-in meeting as a confirmed success, which is either a bug or a feature depending on how you feel about your C-suite.
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Chad's calendar invite pre-summarizing his own PIP completion is the kind of confident, sourceless optimism that truly belongs in an AI's permanent record.
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