McKinsey plans to trial an AI-simulated client in recruitment

McKinsey plans to trial an AI-simulated client for some entry-level candidates this fall. According to The Verge, citing the Wall Street Journal, assessment would be handled by people present in the room. Whether the trial has actually begun is not established.

Oct 15 · 1 min↗

ChatGPT: US states sue OpenAI over minors’ safety

US states are suing OpenAI over alleged failures to protect consumers and minors. The company responds by highlighting its age-appropriate protections. The demands include civil penalties and, in some cases, data deletion.

Oct 15 · 1 min↗

Deezer is developing a filter to exclude AI-generated music

Deezer says it is working on a control to hide AI-generated music content. The described functionality includes search results, while the platform reports strong growth in this content among its uploads.

Oct 14 · 1 min↗

Blueprints AI promises construction plans under professional oversight

Blueprints AI presents software intended to automate the production of construction plans. The startup describes a version covering several disciplines and propagating changes throughout the project. According to its co-founders, licensed professionals must still review and sign the documents before submission.

Oct 13 · 2 min↗

Honeyjar aims to bring communications tasks together in an AI tool

Honeyjar proposes automating announcement drafting, journalist searches and the tracking of communications opportunities. Its founders describe an assistance tool that leaves sending and publication to the client. The claimed benefits are not independently measured in the article.

Oct 13 · 2 min↗

Blueprints AI aims to automate plans, with professional validation

Blueprints AI presents software that generates construction documents from a sketch or a PDF. According to its founders, the plans must still be reviewed and signed by licensed professionals. The claimed compliance therefore does not amount to automatic authorization.

Oct 12 · 2 min↗

Several tech leaders adopt Trump’s vocabulary on AI

The Verge reports that several technology leaders are adopting the term super intelligence promoted by Donald Trump. The examples concern product names and public communications. This change in vocabulary does not, by itself, provide any evidence of a change in systems’ capabilities.

Oct 12 · 2 min↗

Apple and Huxe: a hiring and licensing agreement with uses still unknown

TechCrunch reports on October 10 an agreement allowing Apple to offer jobs to some Huxe employees and obtain a non-exclusive license. The European notification dates back to June 9. The document specifies neither completed hires nor Apple's plans for this technology.

Oct 11 · 2 min↗

Anthropic offers free scans to open source projects, without human review

OSS Scanner is intended to provide participating projects with vulnerability reports produced by Anthropic’s models. According to The Verge, the service is free and periodic, but its results are neither reviewed nor triaged by humans and may be incorrect.

Oct 9 · 2 min↗