Some slightly off-the-beaten-path stories you may have missed over the past week.

— Yes, AI is destroying jobs. Here’s the local proof: “AI is upending Boston-area tech businesses, amid buyouts and job cuts” (Globe)

— Meanwhile, old-fashioned rates are upending CRE again: “The Surge in Rates Is Blowing Up Commercial Real-Estate Deals” (WSJ)

— A combination of factors are at play here, including young ones drinking less: “Craft beer closures outpace openings in Massachusetts for the first time” (BBJ)

— One less eyesore on the waterfront: “Boutique Hotel Pitched for Fire-Damaged Boston Wharf” (B&T)

— It’s become a surprise non-affordability issue: “This Trump-backed school choice push has put Mass. Gov. Healey in a campaign-season squeeze” (MassLive)

— This could ease expanded passenger rail in western Mass.: “State, CSX agree to rail upgrades in the Berkshires” (GBH)

— You don’t say: “Seattle’s Mayor Ran as a Socialist. Then She Ran Into Reality” (WSJ)

— It’s not a Herald headline. It’s WSJ headline: “Drake Maye Lives! Patriots Quarterback Defies Early Doubt” (WSJ)

— Now they have doubts? He should never have been confirmed in the first place: “Hegseth Talks Tough as Republican Doubts About His Leadership Grow?” (NYT)

— Necessity is the mother of inventions, especially in war: “How Ukraine’s Naval Drones Are Remaking War at Sea” (NYT)