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Language Models’ Impact on Jobs: The occupations likely to be most affected by language models
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Language Models’ Impact on Jobs: The occupations likely to be most affected by language models

Telemarketers and college professors are most likely to find their jobs changing due to advances in language modeling, according to a new study. Researchers projected the jobs and industries in the U.S. likely to be most affected by language models.

July 12, 20232 min read
Language Models’ Impact on Jobs: The occupations likely to be most affected by language models
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Language Models’ Impact on Jobs: The occupations likely to be most affected by language models

Telemarketers and college professors are most likely to find their jobs changing due to advances in language modeling, according to a new study. Researchers projected the jobs and industries in the U.S. likely to be most affected by language models.

July 12, 20232 min read
Inferring Talent: NLP tools for technical recruiters
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Inferring Talent: NLP tools for technical recruiters

What do your GitHub projects reveal about your professional prospects? A new model aims to help recruiters find out. Prog.ai analyzes GitHub repositories to help employers find engineers skilled in particular areas, TechCrunch reported.

March 15, 20232 min read
Inferring Talent: NLP tools for technical recruiters
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Inferring Talent: NLP tools for technical recruiters

What do your GitHub projects reveal about your professional prospects? A new model aims to help recruiters find out. Prog.ai analyzes GitHub repositories to help employers find engineers skilled in particular areas, TechCrunch reported.

March 15, 20232 min read
Inhuman Resources: Confronting the Fear of AI-Powered Hiring in 2022
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Inhuman Resources: Confronting the Fear of AI-Powered Hiring in 2022

Companies are using AI to screen and even interview job applicants. What happens when out-of-control algorithms are the human resources department?

October 26, 20222 min read
Inhuman Resources: Confronting the Fear of AI-Powered Hiring in 2022
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Inhuman Resources: Confronting the Fear of AI-Powered Hiring in 2022

Companies are using AI to screen and even interview job applicants. What happens when out-of-control algorithms are the human resources department?

October 26, 20222 min read
AI Regulations Proceed Locally: U.S. States Enact Laws Targeting AI
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AI Regulations Proceed Locally: U.S. States Enact Laws Targeting AI

EPIC published a summary of AI-related laws that states and cities considered between January 2021 and August 2022.

August 24, 20222 min read
AI Regulations Proceed Locally: U.S. States Enact Laws Targeting AI
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AI Regulations Proceed Locally: U.S. States Enact Laws Targeting AI

EPIC published a summary of AI-related laws that states and cities considered between January 2021 and August 2022.

August 24, 20222 min read
Standards for Hiring Algorithms: Met, Walmart, and more agree to hiring algorithm standards.
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Standards for Hiring Algorithms: Met, Walmart, and more agree to hiring algorithm standards.

Some of the world’s largest corporations will use standardized criteria to evaluate AI systems that influence hiring and other personnel decisions.

January 26, 20222 min read
Standards for Hiring Algorithms: Met, Walmart, and more agree to hiring algorithm standards.
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Standards for Hiring Algorithms: Met, Walmart, and more agree to hiring algorithm standards.

Some of the world’s largest corporations will use standardized criteria to evaluate AI systems that influence hiring and other personnel decisions.

January 26, 20222 min read
When Algorithms Manage Humans: Amazon drivers say AI unfairly graded their performance.
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When Algorithms Manage Humans: Amazon drivers say AI unfairly graded their performance.

Some delivery drivers fired by Amazon contend that the retailer’s automated management system played an unfair role in terminating their employment. Drivers in Amazon Flex, an Uber-like program that enables independent drivers to earn money delivering the company’s packages.

July 21, 20212 min read
When Algorithms Manage Humans: Amazon drivers say AI unfairly graded their performance.
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When Algorithms Manage Humans: Amazon drivers say AI unfairly graded their performance.

Some delivery drivers fired by Amazon contend that the retailer’s automated management system played an unfair role in terminating their employment. Drivers in Amazon Flex, an Uber-like program that enables independent drivers to earn money delivering the company’s packages.

July 21, 20212 min read
Danke for the Interview: AI-powered interview tools mistook German for English.
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Danke for the Interview: AI-powered interview tools mistook German for English.

An independent test found flaws in AI systems designed to evaluate job applicants. MyInterview and Curious Thing, which automate job interviews, gave a candidate who spoke only in German high marks on English proficiency, according to MIT Technology Review.

July 14, 20212 min read
Danke for the Interview: AI-powered interview tools mistook German for English.
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Danke for the Interview: AI-powered interview tools mistook German for English.

An independent test found flaws in AI systems designed to evaluate job applicants. MyInterview and Curious Thing, which automate job interviews, gave a candidate who spoke only in German high marks on English proficiency, according to MIT Technology Review.

July 14, 20212 min read
The Coming Crackdown: The 2021 draft version of the European Union's AI Act
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The Coming Crackdown: The 2021 draft version of the European Union's AI Act

The European Union proposed sweeping restrictions on AI technologies and applications. The executive arm of the 27-nation EU published draft rules that aim to regulate, and in some cases ban, a range of AI systems.

April 28, 20212 min read

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