Even as job displacement owing to artificial intelligence (AI) continues to make its way to news feeds, a new development shows how it is now changing roles. AI is not only running a retail space but is also employing humans. San Francisco-based AI startup Andon Labs has introduced its AI agent named Luna into a retail space with a budget of $100,000 and a credit card. The AI has created a boutique and is reportedly hiring workers and also managing the shop. This could well be the world’s first AI employer.
Reportedly, the small gift shop in the Cow Hollow neighbourhood of San Francisco is the first AI-run store in the Bay Area. A relatively small space, it does not boast a wide variety of products, but it sells artisanal chocolates, store-branded clothing, and more. Luna has been named as the founder, along with Lukas Petersson and Axel Backlund, both co-founders of Andon Labs. The AI company reportedly experimented with an AI vending machine at Anthropic earlier.
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