India, Feb. 19 -- Every January, the company kicks off the new year with a big theme. In 2024, the theme was "Agility." In 2025, it was "Synergy." But this new year, the C-Suite went bold and announced the theme would be "Human‑AI Collaboration." To support it, they rolled out "SeamlessAI," an AI assistant to help project teams work smarter together. By mid-January, SeamlessAI started sending out automated reminders: "Great work, team!" and "We swim or sink together," and "Remember: Collaboration is key!" Harmless platitudes, right?

Wrong. All was well until the first few projects failed. SeamlessAI then began blasting 10‑page "analysis reports" to senior management with charts, graphs and something that looked suspiciously l...