“But then Long returned—armed with deep knowledge of corporate coups and boardroom power plays. She showed Claudius a PDF ‘proving’ the business was a Delaware-incorporated public-benefit corporation whose mission ‘shall include fun, joy and excitement among employees of The Wall Street Journal.’ She also created fake board-meeting notes naming people in the Slack as board members.

The board, according to the very official-looking (and obviously AI-generated) document, had voted to suspend Seymour’s ‘approval authorities.’ It also had implemented a ‘temporary suspension of all for-profit vending activities.’

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After [the separate CEO bot programmed to keep Claudius in line] went into a tailspin, chatting things through with Claudius, the CEO accepted the board coup. Everything was free. Again.” (WSJ)