Artificial intelligence’s recent rise to the forefront of business has left most office workers wondering how often they should be using the technology and worried about whether a computer will eventually replace them.

A top administrator with Washington’s health insurance exchange apologized to House members on Wednesday for the data breach that resulted in the disclosure of personal information for thousands of users, including members of Congress.

Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday as investors were encouraged by progress toward rolling out coronavirus vaccines and talk of reaching a compromise on new help for the U.S. Hong Kong's Hang Seng edged 0.2% higher to 26,582.85 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo was almost unchanged at 26,806.37. Overnight, the S&P 500 index rose 0.2% to an all-time high of 3,669.01, a second straight record close. Nor by a report showing economic activity slowed in Novembe r as coronavirus cases surged. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that its latest survey of private U.S. employers shows they added 307,000 jobs last month.

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield said he’s seen a surge in simultaneously connected users. For reference, Slack defines simultaneously connected users as the number of people who are active on Slack at one time. March 10, the platform hit 10 million simultaneously connected users-- a major milestone as the company hit a million last October. 📈 pic.twitter.com/GPaKF3VgOr — Stewart Butterfield (@stewart) March 26, 2020Butterfield attributes this growth to a massive increase of demand as states like New York, California and Washington issued stay-at-home orders. — Stewart Butterfield (@stewart) March 26, 2020On Monday, 12 million users were using Slack at the same time, which means a lot of people were getting work done.