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North America
Amazon has introduced new software called Connect Talent to help streamline firms' screening and hiring processes. The AI-driven tool conducts interviews and prepares notes without human involvement. Colleen Aubrey, Amazon Web Services' senior vice-president of applied AI solutions, observed that candidates will be aware of the AI screening process, which is still being refined for a more human-like interaction. "The experience continues to get better and better each iteration we go through . . . There's some art around making that voice interaction natural and human," Aubrey said. Amazon said its new homegrown artificial intelligence design philosophy called "humorphism" will help humanize AI and "adapts to how humans work, not the other way around."
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Human Times
UK
Thousands of young people in Europe and the United States are hoping that postgraduate qualifications can help them ride out the jobs crisis as employers cut vacancies amid global economic turbulence and increasing investment in artificial intelligence. In the UK, where the youth jobless rate is at its highest since 2015, “lecturer” is this year’s third fastest-growing job on LinkedIn. Bloomberg notes that more than half a million British people who want a job have left the labour market to study, according to official figures, and students now account for over a quarter of those who are not working but want a job.
Human Times
Europe
Seven major UK business groups, including the British Chambers of Commerce, the Confederation of British Industry and Make UK, have written to Employment Rights Minister Kate Dearden to express concerns about "significant disruption" stemming from increased trade union access rights. They advocate for "tripartite conversations" over the Employment Rights Act so as to balance union interests with business concerns. The groups argue that the lack of structured dialogue has led to outcomes that do not address fundamental business worries. Under the reforms, unions will be entitled to meet staff and communicate directly with workers at least once a week in companies with more than 21 staff. In response to the letter, Dearden said: "We are committed to working in partnership with business and unions on implementation of the Employment Rights Act, to ensure the system is fair and effective and protects the workers who need it most."
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Middle East
Amazon has introduced new software called Connect Talent to help streamline firms' screening and hiring processes. The AI-driven tool conducts interviews and prepares notes without human involvement. Colleen Aubrey, Amazon Web Services' senior vice-president of applied AI solutions, observed that candidates will be aware of the AI screening process, which is still being refined for a more human-like interaction. "The experience continues to get better and better each iteration we go through . . . There's some art around making that voice interaction natural and human," Aubrey said. Amazon said its new homegrown artificial intelligence design philosophy called "humorphism" will help humanise AI and "adapts to how humans work, not the other way around."
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