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Curated Intel from the Talent Tech Industry
September 30-October 6, 2024:
• Expanding opportunity: Jobs for Humanity & Womanity partner to launch site for Saudi women;
• Reigning in crazy legislators: Shelly Palmer opines on CA Governor Newsom’s AI regulation veto;
• Telling the court it got it wrong: Jobindex and Danske Medier appeal Google job ads verdict;
• Contradicting every other forecast: Indeed’s chief economist says AI will not replace humans;
• Turning fiction into reality: AI expert thinks OpenAI will be ‘most Orwellian company of all time’.
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The TAtech Leadership Summit on Recruitment Marketing is designed for HR/TA leaders and senior professionals at enterprise employers and their counterparts among TA solution providers. To be held at the newly renovated Le Méridien Tampa, The Courthouse, the conference opens with a welcome reception on the evening of February 26 and then runs all day February 27. The agenda is still in development, but the focus will be on showcasing the latest technology and most innovative practices for moving to full-funnel recruitment marketing. Seating is limited at the conference venue, so register today to make sure you have a spot.
New Job Board Launches for Women in Saudi Arabia
We just launched Saudiaat.com, the first AI powered job site for women in Saudi Arabia. And on day 1, the caliber of talent was so high that a person got hired on the spot! In alignment to Vision 2030, Saudiaat is a partnership between Womanity and Jobs for Humanity to upskill women in the Kingdom and connect them to employers at no charge.
Newsom’s AI Regulation Veto: Brilliant or Bad?
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB 1047, stating in his veto message that the bill “does not take into account whether an AI system is deployed in high-risk environments, involves critical decision-making or the use of sensitive data.” He criticized the bill for applying “stringent standards to even the most basic functions — so long as a large system deploys it,” which he argued could “give the public a false sense of security about controlling this fast-moving technology.” Newsom expressed concerns that the bill might curtail innovation, noting that “smaller, specialized models may emerge as equally or even more dangerous than the models targeted by SB 1047.” From my POV, Newsom did exactly what a leader is supposed to do: rein in less informed, politically-motivated legislators. As the governor pointed out in his veto message, this legislation was simply too far-reaching to accomplish its goal.
Jobindex and Danske Medier appeal Google job ads verdict
Danish job board Jobindex and Danske Medier are appealing the verdict in the lawsuit against Google. On 27 August, a Danish court acquitted Google of allegations that it made job ads from Jobindex available on Google for Jobs without permission. The Maritime and Commercial Court had determined in the judgment that Google was not responsible for the availability of Jobindex’s job advertisements in Google for Jobs. The court considered that the Google for Jobs service is part of Google’s regular search engine and, therefore, did not regard the service as a competitor to Jobindex either. Danske Medier and Jobindex have decided to appeal the verdict, stating that it is based on a legally incorrect assessment of Google’s responsibility in relation to the use of other people’s content in the Google for Jobs service.
There are ‘literally zero’ skills where AI could replace a human, Indeed’s chief economist says
Although generative AI tools are changing the workplace, they won’t replace workers — or even fully manage tasks without prompts, according to a recent presentation at Indeed FutureWorks 2024. Based on an Indeed analysis, generative AI is unlikely to replace most work skills, especially those used for in-person roles such as cooks, drivers and nurses. Although generative AI may be more likely to affect technical or computational fields, such as accounting, advertising and software development, these tools still can’t replace workers entirely. “There are no skills, literally zero, where GenAI is very likely to replace a human,” Svenja Gudell, Indeed’s chief economist, told an audience of talent leaders. Gudell oversees Indeed’s Hiring Lab, where she and other economic researchers have analyzed the labor market and the potential for generative AI to eliminate jobs.
AI expert Gary Marcus thinks OpenAI will be the ‘most Orwellian company of all time’
In modern literature, George Orwell’s 1984 is perhaps best known for alerting its readers to the dangers of mass surveillance. The dystopian novel is set in an imagined world where an omniscient “Party” constantly monitors its residents. AI expert Gary Marcus says the company shaping the global AI arms race is on the cusp of turning what Orwell imagined into reality. “My guess is that OpenAI is going to become the most Orwellian company of all time,” he said in a discussion with Google veteran Peter Norvig at Stanford’s Center for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence last week. “What they’re going to be pressed to do is become a surveillance company.”
Reimagining Recruitment Marketing for a Challenging Labor Market
The TAtech Leadership Summit on Recruitment Marketing is designed for HR/TA leaders and senior professionals at enterprise employers and their counterparts among TA solution providers. To be held at the newly renovated Le Méridien Tampa, The Courthouse, the conference opens with a welcome reception on the evening of February 26 and then runs all day February 27. The agenda is still in development, but the focus will be on showcasing the latest technology and most innovative practices for moving to full-funnel recruitment marketing. It will address the latest research on the labor market and its implications for recruitment marketers and then explore the three legs of an effective recruitment marketing strategy: Attraction, Awareness, and Application & Hire. Seating is limited at the conference venue, so register today to make sure you have a spot.
