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AI is calling your debtors now and sometimes it's wrong about who owes what.

9 min · 27. maj 2026
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Yesterday in AI | Wednesday, May 27, 2026 AI is calling your debtors now and sometimes it's wrong about who owes what. From AI bots pursuing already-settled debts to an open-source decensoring tool with 13 million downloads, yesterday was a good day to ask who's actually in control here. We've also got McKinsey quietly restructuring partner pay because AI ate their billing model, a CEO cutting 22% of his workforce and replacing them with 3,000 agents, and Sam Altman in Sydney admitting the job apocalypse he helped start hasn't hit quite as hard as he feared. Plus a gray whale story that deserves more attention than it'll get. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2606006/fan_mail/new] Feedback? Email mike@yesterdayinai.news or connect on LinkedIn, X, or Bluesky. If you like the show, please take a minute to rate and review it so others can find it!

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