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title: "Research: Why You Shouldn’t Treat AI Agents Like Employees"
date: 2026-05-06
source: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=69fb3707fd434b55b8b56cd51a1fcd4a&url=https%3a%2f%2fhbr.org%2f2026%2f05%2fresearch-why-you-shouldnt-treat-ai-agents-like-employees&c=3211617123978543998&mkt=en-us
description: "As organizations experiment with placing AI agents on org charts as “employees,” new research shows this framing has unintended consequences. In a large-scale experiment, anthropomorphizing AI reduced individual accountability,"
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# Research: Why You Shouldn’t Treat AI Agents Like Employees

As organizations experiment with placing AI agents on org charts as “employees,” new research shows this framing has unintended consequences. In a large-scale experiment, anthropomorphizing AI reduced individual accountability,

*Published: 2026-05-06*