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A new store in San Francisco has human employees, but they're not the ones making the decisions. An artificial intelligence bot named Luna is the boss. Andon Market, a boutique store, opened on April ...

For many, a corner store is a staple in their lives. The same can’t be said for President Donald Trump, who said, “What is a corner store,” in a speach Thursday. Trump was in Las Vegas, Nevada, where ...

In the Cow Hollow neighborhood of San Francisco, at the corner of Union and Webster Streets, sits a small gift shop that many visitors might stroll past. The Andon Market doesn’t have the widest ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made his choice for the site of New York City's first city-run grocery store. Speaking at a rally in Queens on Sunday while celebrating his first 100 days in office, Mamdani ...

Andon Labs is stress-testing AI agents in the real world. The lab let an agent called Luna staff and open an entire store with a $100,000 budget. Luna did not disclose to applicants that it was an AI ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Checking out at Andon Market feels different. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. There are no scanners, no ...

Aldi is planning to open a new store in a Milford strip mall. The proposed 20,000-square-foot store will occupy five storefronts next to Planet Fitness. Existing tenants will be offered relocation ...

(Los Angeles Times illustration; Photos by Jay L. Clendenin, Genaro Molina, Jenn Harris / Los Angeles Times, The Proud Bird) I’m looking for something that's open early on the weekends (9 a.m.?) where ...

I’m looking for something that's open early on the weekends (9 a.m.?) where we can take our 2-year-old daughter. We don't want it to be an indoor play place or something that is solely designed for ...

Rev. Franklin Graham is visiting a city recently marred by division and headline-grabbing violence, including the storming of a church service, on a mission of hope and truth this Easter Sunday. "What ...

Rural communities have been turning to nonprofits and other strategies to keep grocery stores open. But one of those new stores is closing in Kansas, which shows how challenging it can be to provide ...