McKinsey & Company rushed to patch a serious security flaw in its internal AI platform after a cybersecurity researcher gained access to tens of millions of employee chat messages and hundreds of thousands of sensitive files – all within two hours. According to a report by The Financial Times (via CodeWall), the target was Lilli,…
McKinsey is rapidly integrating AI, now employing 25,000 AI agents alongside 40,000 humans, with parity expected soon. This “25 squared” approach sees client-facing roles grow 25% while backend positions shrink, boosting output. AI saves millions of hours annually on routine tasks, allowing consultants to focus on complex challenges and unique human skills like judgment and…
The fear that technology could hollow out the workforce has become one of the modern economy’s most persistent alarms. Machines grow more capable, systems more intuitive, and the worry of large-scale job loss shadows every new breakthrough. Yet a fresh report from the McKinsey Global Institute offers a grounded, even hopeful counterpoint: the future of…