A.I. Action Plans + The College Student Who Broke Job Interviews + Hot Mess Express
With all of Silicon Valley weighing in on the Trump administration’s new action plan for artificial intelligence, Kevin and Casey break down what’s on everybody’s wish list. Then, a Columbia undergrad explains why he built a tool that lets coders use A.I. to cheat on job interviews. And finally, we climb aboard the Hot Mess Express to talk Solana’s anti-woke ad, anxious A.I. algorithms and Slack spycraft in the world of H.R.
Guest:
- Roy Lee, Columbia sophomore and founder of Interview Coder
Additional Reading:
- America Crafts an A.I. Action Plan
- Meet the 21-Year-Old Helping Coders Use A.I. to Cheat in Google and Other Tech Job Interviews
- Solana Pulls Ad After Huge Backlash
- Digital Therapists Get Stressed Too, Study Finds
- Rippling Sues Deel, a Software Rival, Over Corporate Spying
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