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# AI Gets to Work, Money Moves, Security Theater
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-04-06-am-3/
- Published: 2026-04-06T17:30:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-06T17:31:00.000Z
- Description: The robots are getting chattier, the job market is defying AI apocalypse predictions, and someone at CBP really needs a lesson in operational security. Meanwhile, Big Tech keeps doubling down on AI agents while pretending this isn't all one massive, expensive experiment.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-am, #scan

## Adjacent Morning Scan — April 6

The robots are getting chattier, the job market is defying AI apocalypse predictions, and someone at CBP really needs a lesson in operational security. Meanwhile, Big Tech keeps doubling down on AI agents while pretending this isn't all one massive, expensive experiment.

> **67,000+** — Software engineering job openings are up 30% this year, the most in three years. *(Business Insider)*

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### AI Gets to Work

#### [I let Gemini in Google Maps plan my day and it went surprisingly well ](https://www.theverge.com/tech/907015/gemini-google-maps-hands-on?ref=adjacent.media)

Google's AI is now your personal taco tour guide, which honestly might be its most useful application yet. *(The Verge)*

#### [Salesforce gives Slackbot 30 new AI powers, and a strategy that looks a lot like Microsoft's ](https://thenextweb.com/news/slack-slackbot-30-ai-features-agentic?ref=adjacent.media)

Slack's biggest overhaul since the $27.7B acquisition transforms the bot from chat assistant to actual workplace agent. *(The Next Web)*

#### [TrueUp data shows over 67,000 software engineering job openings, up 30% so far in 2026 ](https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-isnt-killing-software-coding-jobs-booming-trueup-2026-4?ref=adjacent.media)

Turns out AI isn't killing coding jobs — it's creating demand for people who can wrangle the AI systems. *(Business Insider)*

#### [How OpenAI's Codex Team Builds with Codex ](https://creatoreconomy.so/p/how-openai-codex-team-builds-with-codex-alex-romain?ref=adjacent.media)

OpenAI's product team reveals how they actually ship without traditional QA processes, which explains a lot. *(Creator Economy)*

> "Those 30,000 workers cost about $8 billion a year." — *Andrew Yang on AI automation scaling*

### Money Moves

#### [Indian IT giant Wipro agrees to buy Mindsprint for $375M ](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indias-wipro-rises-after-deal-acquire-olam-groups-it-business-2026-04-06/?ref=adjacent.media)

The $1B eight-year contract sweetener makes this acquisition look like smart positioning for the AI services boom. *(Reuters)*

#### [The Trade Desk is changing how advertisers buy — and what they can see ](https://digiday.com/marketing/the-trade-desk-is-changing-how-advertisers-buy-and-what-they-can-see/?ref=adjacent.media)

New "Trading Modes" bundle media, data, and tech fees into one price, which is either brilliant simplification or opacity by design. *(Digiday)*

#### [China Started Preparing for an Energy Crisis Long Before the Iran War ](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/business/china-oil-shock-iran-war.html?ref=adjacent.media)

Beijing's energy security playbook is looking prescient as geopolitical tensions spike oil markets again. *(NYT)*

### Security Theater

#### [CBP facility codes sure seem to have leaked via online flashcards ](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/cbp-facility-codes-sure-seem-to-have-leaked-via-online-flashcards/?ref=adjacent.media)

Someone put highly confidential border security procedures on Quizlet, because apparently operational security training needs its own flashcard deck. *(Ars Technica)*

#### [Researchers didn't want to glamorize cybercrims. So they roasted them ](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/05/trellix%5Fjohn%5Ffokker%5Froasting%5Fcrims/?ref=adjacent.media)

Finally, cybersecurity researchers are treating ransomware gangs with the professional respect they deserve: absolutely none. *(The Register)*