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Microsoft is putting artificial intelligence to work on its own security gaps. The company has unveiled a system called MDASH, which deploys more than one hundred specialized AI agents to scan, debate, and validate vulnerabilities across Windows and other Microsoft codebases. It is a significant bet that machines can find flaws faster than human researchers alone.
That tension between human workers and AI systems runs through our next story. ClickUp, the nine-year-old productivity startup, has laid off hundreds of employees and announced it is replacing them with thousands of AI agents. The company is framing this as a strategic pivot, but the math is hard to ignore — people out, software in, at scale.
And in the crypto world, Vitalik Buterin is signaling a quieter chapter for the Ethereum Foundation. Buterin says the organization will shrink, sell less ETH, and concentrate on what he is calling CROPS — a narrower, more defined mission. He also acknowledged that ninety percent of his personal net worth remains tied to Ethereum, which gives you a sense of just how much skin he has in this particular game.
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