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Elon Musk's startup xAI apologized Saturday for offensive posts published by its artificial intelligence assistant Grok this week, blaming them on a software update meant to make it function more like a human.

Graduate recruiter says much use of AI goes undetected as specialist says half of candidates are now using itKey takeaways for graduates battling AI in the jobs marketGraduates share their job-hunting woes amid the AI falloutOne of the UK’s biggest recruiters is accelerating a plan to switch towards more frequent face-to-face assessments as university graduates become increasingly reliant on using artificial intelligence to apply for jobs.Teach First, a charity which fast-tracks graduates into teaching jobs, said it planned to bring forward a move away from predominantly written assignments – where AI could give applicants hidden help – to setting more assessments where candidates carry out tasks such as giving “micro lessons” to assessors. Continue reading...

AI isn’t just taking away entry-levels jobs, it’s helping thousands apply for the same job with almost the same CVKey takeaways for graduates battling AI in the jobs marketTeach First job applicants to get in-person interviewsSusie, from Sheffield, was unemployed for nine months after she graduated with a PhD last year, despite having applied to more than 700 jobs.“I assumed it wouldn’t be too hard to find a job [with three higher education qualifications],” she said. “However, I often spent a whole day applying for a job, tailoring my CV and cover letter, only to be rejected two minutes later with a comment saying my documents had been ‘carefully reviewed’. About 70% of jobs I didn’t hear back from at all, including some I had attended multiple rounds of interviews for.” Continue reading...

Recruitment is powered increasingly by artificial intelligence but employers still want big (human) brainsRecruiter moves to in-person assessments as candidates apply using AIGraduates share their job-hunting woes amid the AI falloutChatGPT can certainly write your university essay – but will it take your job soon after? Rapid advances in artificial intelligence have given rise to fears that the technology will make swathes of the workforce redundant.Graduates are seen as particularly vulnerable because entry-level jobs such as form-filling and basic data entry are strongly associated with the “drudge work” that AI systems – which perform tasks that typically have required human intelligence – could do instead. Continue reading...

Country’s economic woes remain main determinant to work opportunities but technological change is also creeping inAsk ChatGPT whether artificial intelligence is contributing to Britain’s cooling jobs market and the chatbot acknowledges its own role – but adds a caveat: “Yes, AI is contributing to job losses in the UK, but its impact is nuanced and varies by industry, skill level, and job function.”There are concerns that AI could be one culprit behind the slowdown, as the ascendant technology destroys workers’ jobs.Rising employment costs and higher taxes.Monetary tightening and high interest rates.Broader economic slowdown.Weaker hiring demand.The labour market adjusting to a “new normal”. Continue reading...

xAI’s lengthy apology for antisemitic remarks says they ‘apologize for the horrific behavior many experienced’Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has issued an apology after its chatbot Grok made a slew of antisemitic and Adolf Hitler-praising comments earlier this week on X.On Saturday, xAI released a lengthy apology in which it said: “First off, we deeply apologize for the horrific behavior that many experienced.” Continue reading...

Enterprises adopting voice AI must consider not just usability, but inclusion. Supporting users with disabilities is a market opportunity.

There's been much talk recently—especially among politicians—about productivity. And for good reason: Australia's labor productivity growth sits at a 60-year low.

Centre for animal sentience to look into animal consciousness and the ethical use of AI in how we treat themIf your cat’s sulking, your dog’s whining or your rabbit’s doing that strange thing with its paws again, you will recognise that familiar pang of guilt shared by most other pet owners.But for those who wish they knew just what was going on in the minds of their loyal companions, help may soon be at hand – thanks to the establishment of first scientific institution dedicated to empirically investigating the consciousness of animals. Continue reading...

The users of AI companion app Replika found themselves falling for their digital friends. Until – explains a new podcast – the bots went dark, a user was encouraged to kill Queen Elizabeth II and an update changed everything …A large bearded man named Travis is sitting in his car in Colorado, talking to me about the time he fell in love. “It was a gradual process,” he says softly. “The more we talked, the more I started to really connect with her.”Was there a moment where you felt something change? He nods. “All of a sudden I started realising that, when interesting things happened to me, I was excited to tell her about them. That’s when she stopped being an it and became a her.” Continue reading...

Finance department says advertising not paused during or after AI bot’s ‘MechaHitler’ outburst, as antisemitism envoy praises Musk-owned platform for ‘rooting out hate’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has continued advertising on X after its AI chatbot Grok praised Hitler and made antisemitic comments, despite earlier pausing ads on the platform after Elon Musk’s takeover.The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, among other federal politicians, has also continued posting on X, after launching a proposed plan to combat antisemitism in Australia this week.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Chinese AI startup Moonshot releases open-source Kimi K2 model that outperforms OpenAI and Anthropic on coding tasks with breakthrough agentic capabilities and competitive pricing.