AI assistant named for long-dead pharmacy founder mutters incomprehensibly and "demands that you talk to him"

Source: Boing Boing· Rob Beschizza· July 31, 2026
AI assistant named for long-dead pharmacy founder mutters incomprehensibly and "demands that you talk to him"

A Vermont pharmacy chain's new AI assistant led not to the efficiency improvements promised but to "delays, incorrect information and privacy concerns." The AI, named "Burt" after the chain's long-dead founder, is said to call excessively, get dosages wrong a…

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