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Recently, a spate of successful social engineering attacks on high-value users of the Signal secure messaging tool has raised significant concerns, spawning as many questions as impassioned critiques about how to properly secure communications. A significant challenge is that the field of Internet security is so complex that it makes constructive dialogue difficult, even for modern, digital professionals.

Think about the last time you were deep in focused work building something, writing something, solving something and a notification pulled you out of it. A message that needed an immediate reply. A meeting that could have been an email. A quick call that turned into 45 minutes. This is the reality for most teams today. The expectation of always-on, always-available communication has quietly become one of the biggest productivity killers in modern workplaces.

Most HR automation initiatives fail not because of AI, but because of poor implementation. Organizations deploy chatbots expecting efficiency, but instead encounter common HR automation mistakes such as low adoption, inaccurate responses, and increased workload. These challenges are often seen during HR chatbot implementation, where tools are launched without the right foundation. If you think the problem is the technology, it’s not. It’s the approach.

AI in HR is moving fast but adoption isn’t keeping up. Many organizations have already deployed HR chatbots, yet employees still rely on emails, tickets, or direct HR support. The problem isn’t access to AI. It’s trust, usability, and relevance. Employees won’t use a chatbot if answers feel inaccurate, the experience feels clunky, or it doesn’t actually help them complete tasks. At the same time, HR teams struggle with low engagement despite investing in automation.

We’re excited to announce the release of Zulip Server 12.0, containing hundreds of new features and bug fixes: end-to-end encryption for mobile push notifications, a major upgrade for Docker, configurable image previews, and much more! Almost 5,500 new commits have been merged across the project since the 11.0 release in August 2025. Zulip is an organized team chat application ideal for both live and asynchronous communication.