“AI ate my R&D”) Workday goes on an AI shopping spree while iCIMS panic-buys whatever’s left at the bar Like he's up against so much AI. mean, countless things in his way, right? The acquisition will allow workday to integrate Sana's AI technology. after AI recommends firing the executive team to boost shareholder value. if you use AI in your marketing, nobody cares.

So our first focus is we're going to be focusing on AI jobs and AI jobs only. So all of our clients, all they're going to be doing is giving us their AI positions. We then reach out to the marketplace and we say, hey, if you're an AI engineer, AI developer, an AI designer I love that, you know, you're going at AI first. Josh Sklut (28:31.32) Thank you. I want you to do more about it, but you need to pivot and focus around AI.

It's a part of an AI sessions, which is season three. It's a very special season. And by the way we called it automation, not AI because nobody was wanting to touch AI. So one side is today 80% of recruiting can be done with automation, AI, etcetera. The other side of it is AI won't take your job. But like, can you really have an AI Council without one? I don't know.

Big Mac or Nothing Burger - Indeed charges $3 per API call - ZipRecruiter introduces new AI tools - New Workday doesn't have much in AI and trust, right? This is literally just slapping a little AI on fucking Phil. this will force Google to do more than use cute little AI generated summaries of a search. and their new Apple intelligence is going to be driven by, open AI.

The AI "Problem" in Healthcare:  Josh shares an optimistic take on how AI is actually solving labor shortages We're talking about AI a lot. We're talking about efficiencies. Josh Block (11:42.466) Yeah, for radiology, from an AI perspective, there are areas in the labor space AI is doing... initial reads and providing some real solutions. like where AI is creating obsolescence Josh Block (12:34.22) The fact that AI is actually solving in spaces that are going to allow reads to

Can't we just automate this whole thing with AI? Are you gonna stick with this human model? Any investors that I talk to that want to replace the human entirely with AI, I don't want them to be Amber Wanner: Well, the customers are coming to us and a lot of our AI competitors, which we love AI, don't get me wrong, 'cause it basically AI, I believe that AI getting you to the human is the way that But no, so I would say partners with us would be maybe the RPOs or some AI companies.

HR tech systems, it's just a big process of a lot of administrative action and the reality is with AI AI is pretty much becoming a commodity. Data is where every... the job description you just said and no interview feedback, no notes, and then suddenly, poof, the AI down and down with the assumption from these investors that you're going to go and invest deeply in AI There's a lot of urgency in this space around driving change and we say where AI-powered software for

One is just AI, right? I mean, I went through the cloud cycle over the last 20 years. So we're looking at companies right now that are doing something AI. by building foundationally AI companies. So AI, I see AI is pretty much being ubiquitous. You know, if you take out the AI kind of facial recognition stuff to the side.

, and you've been very vocal about the impact of AI or the prospective impact of AI and hiring firing I mean, because I think most people understand that AI, they misunderstand that the decision AI is making doesn't stem from AI itself. say, you know, the AI is discriminatory. Enforcement should be really, on bad actors who are designing AI properly, or conversely using AI the

And of course, AI has been around for a long time. And a lot of vendors already use AI in their tools. And they use what we call predictive AI as opposed to generative AI. So up until now, with predictive AI, you would give the AI an input, it would spit out an output, and AI will no longer be a competitive advantage.

an HR operations co-pilot that automates key HR processes, connects all HR systems, and provides an AI-powered We are not Gen .ai, we are not ChatGPT. And I'll say that again and again, we are not ChatGPT. ChatGPT and other Gen .ai tools are using data from God knows where. And so we are affordable, much more affordable than any of these Gen .ai tools. So there is a huge difference in the way a generative AI tool is used versus an AI machine learning NLP

Gina Alioto (16:52.768) we're seeing that it's a huge tectonic shift with the introduction of AI and And AI, if we're using AI automation, some of these platforms that are orchestrating and they're created leaders who are really, I mean, they're glowing because they're using some of these platforms that have AI So that tool being AI or whatever platform that is, for Shaker and for these different TA leaders, what the direction of not set it and forget it technology, but new, more fluid technology, whether it's AI

PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION (Blame AI for errors) Joel Cheesman (00:22.374) Here we go everybody. Markus Krampe (05:46.429) The fact is that AI isn't that far in recruiting. This is why at the moment we don't care that much about AI. I don't know where AI in general is going with, with audio. Chad Sowash (31:45.506) Have it. I don't know if AI is going to be a major hurdle for you. I think you have comp competition.

Microsoft said in their report that 30 % of all code written now is AI generated. Maureen Clough (44:09.688) That's what they're telling us about AI. So AI roles are increasingly strategic and command high compensation. Hear that? that mean like they're actually functionally working on AI solutions there or they just are using AI Chad (48:32.391) You Chad (48:46.94) No, they're AI solutions, they're AI related roles.

Ah this ai does exist. I didn't even mention ai and I think my problem my problem with all this bullshit around ai is it's We'll throw some ai on top. It was quote and the peasants know ai alone won't fix a thing indeed ai might not fix anything. Has it got ai search in there.

We have immigration political issues, we have entry-level jobs and AI taking, you know, opportunities Jolene Hostal: I think AI definitely has its place, right? Chad Sowash: Do you think moving the chat technology, the conversational AI, down the funnel more to able to engage with those employees now that you have obviously Paradox, you've got conversational AI This is the AI Series. We out! Chad Sowash: We out!

Now let's talk about UK based startup 11x AI. The company's first AI digital worker is named Alice, an AI sales development representative. 11x AI allow businesses to build their own AI digital workers. Let's start off with 11A or 11x AI. Like the website says, hi, I'm Alice, your new AI SDR.

Spoiler: it’s AI catfishing until the interview. And we know AI is coming but to interact with AI like that the way I did and to build something that its AI engine. So it's kind of like the level of AI catfishing, to be quite frank. and fund AI.

Look, AI is an all hands on deck situation at Google. Chad: Oh, hell yeah. The company introduced UMA AI, boosting client spending by 7%. Chad: Yeah. Instead, AI is taking the business to a whole 'nother level. They turned this AI threat on its head and they're benefiting from it. Chad: Yeah. AI's taking it to a whole different place, and it's exciting to watch, for sure.

Much like today, everybody wants AI. Everybody's got the FOMO and the fear of missing out on another open AI. When you think about AI's wiped out entire careers. And then there's an AI agent to have a conversation with. Chad (40:36.354) Well, and you're teaching the AI too.

This whole optimization with AI doesn't mean anything. Okay? So allow AI to do the firefighting for you. What could go wrong? a back door into your AI and starts fucking your shit up with your own AI. Chad (52:07.384) Here come the AI pimps. Joel (52:08.124) Can I interest you in some AI pimps, Chad? This is from Wired.

Spoiler alert: AI is still the buzzword, and job seekers are still stuck in application limbo. And we keep talking about AI and how we're fast tracking everything and we're making it smarter, but Rachel Morgan: Still a lot of uncertainty around AI. AI is not new. It just seems to be the buzzword that everyone's attaching.

If you haven't seen the AI sessions, go to at thesessions.ai that's right. Chad: Especially when we're talking about AI. It is sexy and it's necessary. The startup touts itself as an AI powered platform that sources vets and pays your next employees. And the way that they sold this, I guaranfuckingtee you was Peter Thiel and AI, right? Unstructured AI. To me, that's the downfall of this organisation, unfortunately. I mean, that's.

The duo also covers LinkedIn’s money-printing success with its latest revenue growth and new AI-powered Whether it’s AI displacing tech roles, LinkedIn’s continuous growth, or the push for remote flexibility Joel (31:56.92) due to economic conditions and a focus on AI. So for me, Sundar's thinly veiled threat and Brian Ong's same as paraphrase, AI is here for your job I don't know if I said or not, we have AI. It's the velvet hammer. Google's Velvet Hammer.

Barry says they’re corporate astrology—and AI is about to automate even more nonsense. Marketing is calling AI ah or tech AI when it's not. So does AI make this whole thing worse or can it help solve solve the issue? Those are the kinds of things we have to think about. and yeah Sorry, AI just isn't going to tell you And ah 14:06.15 Chad yeah 14:07.44 Barry Wolfe but and sorry, AI can't answer that for you.

But a public company like Veritone, kickass AI and solutions. Joel: The AI stuff for job seekers is pretty cool. [chuckle] Joel: Let's throw them in the mix here in our AI block. Alright, let's go to our third story in the AI block. That is the end of our AI block, everybody.

Funky Snapchat Specs and Dangerous Anthropic AI First, Chad and Emi dive into the absolute chaos that Startups are leaning hard into AI agents, and will New York really be true to 1984 and Ghostbusters? Hello Milo provides an AI driven platform that enables employers, staffing companies, and recruitment And I think one of the biggest problems that we're having in the AI model space right now is they're You know, they are paying billions into like kind of investing in AI, which I totally understand.

wild ride through the continent’s hiring jungle—dodging legal landmines, outdated staffing giants, and AI-powered But if you take a look at, and I had a great example this week, I was watching AI and safety, right? Like European AI acts will probably give us a big disadvantage compared to people who don't have it. So this is a hard transition to pull off as demonstrated by the real life canary in the AI mind, know Lieven (37:08.644) the time we save by using AI. You can have them Joel, them.

latest news and developments in the HR and technology sectors, featuring updates on Deel, Klarna's AI A Fortune headline reads, "Klarna froze hiring because of AI. This is all about training the AI. So you get a company like Klarna who is going all in on AI very quickly. If it's more of AI, talk to me, I'll give you the answer you're looking for.

But the next point is recruiters are embracing AI. Chad (10m 36s): So what kind of AI, just between you, me and the fence post, what kind of AI is your I mean, we've talked about this before, but AI matching, I mean, I think there's AI matching. ethical AI or thinking and committed to it. It's you start with the conversational AI, create that engagement, create that conversation, use AI matching

You heard it kids of the AI sessions. We're on stage with Keith Sonderling talking about compliance and AI. Guru, our buddy from Fair AI is gonna be there. Gonna be rooftop parties. And they're also starting to use AI or they're going to use AI to actually build courses inside. The wolves are going to come for you and we're seeing open AI.

Also: why your fancy AI might be better at building human connection than your VP of People. 💸 Forget It's humans that use AI that will replace humans that don't use AI. I was a little jealous. said he had a, he met a colleague who their company had an AI platform that if replace the, if we need to raise our complexity as humans to deal with the complexity that we face, AI Beth Linderbaum (24:08.695) That's not something AI can help you with.

PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION (AI did it) Chad Sowash (00:00.965) one day. And AI is going to be tough on them anyway. AI and machine learning startups in the U S in just the first half of 2024. Chad Sowash (25:20.408) AI. Yeah. yeah. Gotcha. Chad Sowash (25:28.186) Yeah. But I believe it's just plain dumb calling AI an employee.

Today Disney, Disney a billion dollars in OpenAI and they license all their characters to Sora, the AI It's fun to talk about, but I'm not sure that this is going to save open AI to be quite frank. Certainly maybe somewhere down the line, but I mean, I'm pretty busy now, but as AI evolves, probably And women are now leveling AI, doing the work of 10 people. It's just like AI is doing more of our jobs. Like it's just, uh, that's just the way that it is.

expert tells us what's really AI and what isn't AI. All right, what's really AI Chad? an interview about what AI really is. Are these things really AI? If you take a look at all the AI that's out there today, it has to, if it is AI really, it has to understand

So we are ahead of the AI curve, but so that we're bringing the right things together. Like they're just like, Well, why don't you just be like a AI bot coaching company? Kristy McCann (09:23.084) views on AI before A by AI became mainstream. Like we were changing from a service model to a SaaS model, an AI SaaS model, on top of that. And I think with na right now with AI, right?

for executives with tailored AI technology. What I do like about AI in this space is definitely removing a lot of the things that really suck to We've talked about on the show of like AI CEOs. Do we really need CEOs? That's a little crazy. , and all the employees are AI-driven. But who's not AI-driven are our sponsors on the show. So let's take a quick break.

AI exclusivity. You don't get innovation. You buy it. , it's going to be taken by a person who knows how do you use AI? Step number two, that person using the AI is training their replacement. That's step number two. They want you to train the AI. Everybody's saying the AI, AI is not ready for this shit. They also think AI is going to be huge. that thing that could, that could turn out to be false, but I

Chad, Cheese, and Emi break down the latest insanity in the world of work, leadership tantrums, and AI-driven So needless to say, we've been, I've been pitching AI sessions Joel (04:34.648) Mm-hmm. AI is the answer, at least claims of AI is the answer, right? If he can weave a story about AI is replacing everybody, we don't need employees. Let's, let's post a fake job for an AI employee.

First is AI is really taking jobs away from developers. And my answer is, no. So that is something AI cannot do now, it may do it sometime in the future, but not as for now. However AI also needs engineers and these engineers are called data scientists. Joel: We see IBM to BT to all kinds of companies talk about AI taking jobs, talking about layoffs. Joel talked about all the AI taking jobs, blah, blah, blah.

They also touch on the challenges faced by job boards and the impact of AI on the industry. Year of efficiency, AI is replacing some of these jobs potentially. Now, if I need an image, any of that stuff, I can go to AI and get it for free. And we're looking at development jobs being more and more hurt by AI. Joel (27:45.828) Anyway, Sprockets is calling itself an AI driven hiring platform.

been previewing to its cloud computing customers in a program called the Azure Open AI Service. I got shared something on LinkedIn, "Technology can identify what's been created by AI." So if you're using AI to create content, Google can probably detect what's AI and what's human. They're in talks already to invest 200 million in an AI startup called Cohere. And we already know, at least one ex-Googler thinks Google's AI is a sentient being.

AI’s not just coming for your job—it’s taking your lunch break, your health insurance, and your dignity AI is going to crush everything, simplify everything. Where's the revenue stream? I just look at the amount of people that are spending money on stupid, stupid AI stuff. And I really feel that the early days of AI are kind of running almost on the same rails. An AI note taker on steroids. And then I compared it to Riverside.

People are looking at the AI technology out there and they're thinking, wow, AI is here, so my days are Well, with the sponsors, we just announced the first ever AI product showcase. Well, with AI, I know a lot of people have questions. They have a lot of ideas or how AI can work and making me a better sorcerer. And they're diving into AI.

I'm of the opinion that gender to AI is going to kill glass door because when I can go to gender to AI And then AI, I think on the white collar side, who needs a copywriter today? They're an AI powered candidate screening platform. I'm really concerned with AI right now. So my distrust in AI is higher than it's ever been.

The world's most complete AI hiring platform founded in 2017. the funnel to get more and more people through your conversational AI. Chad (27:04.194) AI powered skills, intelligent, intelligence platform. Nothing that a little AI smoke and mirrors apparently won't help. Like let's throw some AI shit, big words and yeah.

And then generative AI slapped you square in the face, which I mean, every single Joel (04:26.242) He So we're in November, whatever the year was and open AI kind of, launch chat GPT. We're going to start to see, first of all, it's generative AI. Whereas now we have this situation with, you know, with AI and job seekers and lots of these applies On one side, you've got job seekers who can have all they can eat in terms of AI, right?

OnLoop is a gen AI company that is focused on increasing the effectiveness of managers globally. But taking sort of continual observations and sitting them together with AI in a consistent manner is ways, we feel that we've built the OKR or Agile of today of what exists in a hybrid and generative AI Jack Altman's got out and said there is no room for generative AI in performance management. How do you get the data into your system so that your gen AI can actually mix it up and batch it into

Job seekers coming in with AI and employers. Chad (25:34.466) we will. it's gonna be great. Joel (25:57.034) using AI. I've seen some really bad examples of AI, particularly with video, in the interview process. Chad (26:36.088) Yeah, no, I wanna hit the AI segment that she actually talked about. I have to say that I couldn't disagree more with JT about experimenting with AI.

They also dig into cover letters and why AI either does or doesn't make a bit of difference. Lieven: I'm Lieven "Teaching AI to the HR masses" Van Nieuwenhuyze. ZipRecruiter has a strong AI office over in Israel. Lieven: My shout out goes to the European AI Act. And they defined three different risk levels on the use of AI, usage of AI.