France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival gets underway this weekend with Illumination’s Minions & Monsters, the latest movie devoted to the mischievous army of yellow underlings first introduced in 2010 breakout Despicable Me.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
But the occupant of the Oval Office doesn’t want his underlings engaging in self-promotion and vindictive lawsuits.
Others newly added to the professional list include degrees for physical therapy, athletic training, speech-language pathology, physician associates and anesthesiologist assistants.
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Collin Binkley,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Calderón, a big, bald man wearing a gold chain and cross-shaped earrings, sat off to the side, amid an entourage of muscular assistants in polo shirts, poking at his phone.
In theory, a ceasefire would see the central government reassert more direct control of their subordinates, although concerns about assassinations might discourage them for rebuilding their electronic command and control systems, making that more difficult.
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Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Another maintenance officer months later reported Brady to the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission for having subordinates perform work at his private residence.
These examples echo views presented by analysts that making employees redundant while using more AI may not necessarily offer the best route to business growth.
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Justina Lee,
CNBC,
1 July 2026
Instead of pushing for forced, highly technical retraining, leaders should leverage this systemic knowledge by empowering legacy employees to use agentic AI as a data translation layer.
High-profile right-wing accounts that previously served as yes-men for Musk—such as Ian Miles Cheong, a Malaysian who purportedly lives in the United Arab Emirates and posts incessant, racist drivel about American politics—have melted down over the platform’s decision to dox users.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
24 Nov. 2025
Is her team currently full of yes-men high on her supply?
In your view, are the biggest risks from AI systems themselves or from the humans deploying them, the possibility of AI in the hands of rogue actors is particularly concerning here.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Ten members of the pool raised their hands with three admitting to having some knowledge of King.
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Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
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