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EnrichedResearchMIT Technology Review AILabLive · 4d agoPublished 6/29/2026

AI agents are not your “coworkers”

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This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Imagine coming in to work to learn that a new underling will report to you. The worker is not a person but an AI tool—one that your company nonetheless calls Alex, an…

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