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A banking CEO is doing damage control after describing workers as lower-value human capital in the context of AI replacement. The comment ignited swift backlash, and the executive has since walked it back — but the episode cuts to a tension many companies are actively navigating: how to talk honestly about automation without revealing exactly what leadership thinks of its workforce.
On the security front, Microsoft has dismantled a cybercrime operation called Fox Tempest, which had been exploiting legitimate platforms to distribute dangerous malware including Lumma and Vidar. The group created more than one thousand fake certificates to mask its activity. It is a reminder that the most sophisticated attacks often hide in plain sight, borrowing the credibility of trusted systems to do real harm.
And in a provocative corner of academic debate, a video making the rounds argues that LLM review of research papers may already be more reliable than traditional peer review. The claim is bold and contested, but it is landing at a moment when peer review is under genuine strain — slow, inconsistent, and increasingly overwhelmed by the volume of papers being published.
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