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Cisco is handing every single one of its 90,000 employees a personal AI agent. That's not a pilot program, that's a full company takeover. Is Cisco building the smartest workforce in tech, or quietly training its employees to depend on AI for everything? Cisco is changing how work gets done by putting AI agents into the hands of 90,000 employees. This shift raises a big question about speed, control, and the future of jobs inside one of the world’s biggest tech companies today not a test. Not a pilot. Everyone. Is this the smartest workforce move in tech history, or the first real step toward machines making the calls humans used to make? “AI is the most significant technology transition that we’ve seen in probably our lifetime, and I think Cisco was right at the heart of it,” said Mark Patterson, Chief Financial Officer of Cisco. Starting in late July, every Cisco employee gets a personal AI agent. It handles tasks, answers questions, and picks the smartest AI model for each job. CFO Mark Patterson, 26 years deep at Cisco, called it the biggest tech shift of his career. “In my 26 years at Cisco, I’ve never seen as much opportunity as we have...