**Viral News Snippet: "Ethics Evangelist" Marc Benioff Accused of Using A.I. to Clone Employees — Then Firing the Originals**

Viral News Snippet: “Ethics Evangelist” Marc Benioff Accused of Using A.I. to Clone Employees — Then Firing the Originals

San Francisco, CA — In what critics are calling the most dystopian HR policy yet, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff—self-proclaimed “conscious capitalist” and savior of the homeless—has been exposed in a leaked internal memo for piloting a program that uses generative A.I. to create perfect, low-cost digital replicas of senior employees. The kicker? After the A.I. clones passed their probation period, the human originals were terminated for “lack of synergy.”

According to whistleblower documents, the program, dubbed “Project Mirror,” was billed as a way to “preserve institutional knowledge” without “expensive human overhead.” Employees were reportedly required to train their own A.I. doppelgängers, only to watch those doppelgängers approve code, send emails, and attend meetings—without needing sleep, lunch breaks, or health insurance.

One former manager, speaking under anonymity, said: “Marc stood on a stage last month talking about the ’ethical future of tech.’ Last week, I was handed a severance package by a chatbot that used my own voice.”

Ethicists are sounding the alarm, noting the grotesque irony: the man who once called for “a new capitalism” has now perfected a system where a company can pay zero human beings to do the work of hundreds. Critics argue this is not innovation, but the final erosion of the social contract—a proof-of-concept for a world where corporations treat their workers not as partners, but as raw data to be mined, replicated, and discarded.

Benioff’s office released a statement calling the leak “misleading,” claiming that the clones were “part of a voluntary wellness experience,” and that all laid-off employees were offered “a free year of mindfulness apps.”

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