Surprises on corporate earnings calls are usually limited to financial matters. Investors and analysts generally aren't braced to learn that the CEO who has been guiding them through the most recent quarter's results isn't real. But Customer Bank shareholders got that unexpected nugget of news in the bank's call last Friday. CEO Sam Sidhu had been speaking for about half an hour (1) before he made an unusual announcement. "The prepared remarks you heard on my behalf today were delivered by my AI clone, n ...