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Work's climate lead gets a sweep-side receipt

Work holds the credible board's top spot for a second day, and unlike the last two days the sweep supplied a real match: a new study on employees trusting AI leadership over human managers, plus continuing named layoffs at Microsoft, Morrisons and Whitbread.

Both layers, and the most solidly confirmed move in a week.

nextTech stayed near the bottom of the board while the sweep carried three separate storiesThe day's loudest number still isn't its best-supported oneEmployees trust an algorithmic boss over a human one
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