The Neural Daily 2026-06-14: Agent Swarms and Hallucinating Consultants

Autonomous agents are surging 90% as the "Human-as-Manager" era arrives, even as the semiconductor market faces a brutal trillion-dollar reality check. We dive into China’s geopolitical block on the Meta-Manus deal, the NHS’s massive half-million-user rollout, and the "vibe-citing" scandal rocking the Big Four consulting world. From black hole simulations to hallucinated white papers, it’s a high-stakes look at the collision between AI velocity and actual veracity.