Santi Garcia

AI is doing job interviews now—but candidates say they'd rather risk staying unemployed than talk to another robot Job-seekers tell Fortune they’re outright refusing to do AI interviews, calling them dehumanizing and a red flag for bad company culture.

More companies are turning to #AI interviews to speed up #hiring. But, as Fortune reports, some candidates would rather stay unemployed than be interviewed by a machine. To them, it sends a clear message: you don’t matter as a person.

Food for thought.

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Google's AI Overviews have 2B monthly users, AI Mode 100M in the US and India | TechCrunch Google shared new stats about its AI features' adoption during its Q2 earnings.

Google’s AI Overviews now reach 2B monthly users just months after launch. A reminder of how fast AI is blending into our daily lives, often unnoticed, reshaping how we think, search, and decide.

techcrunch.com/2025/07/23/googles-ai-overviews-have-2b-monthly-users-ai-mode-100m-in-the-us-and-india/

The 'Gen Z Stare' has ignited a debate about soft skills and workplace communication What is the "Gen Z Stare?" Older TikTok users say that Gen Z workers often give blank, unresponsive stares. Gen Zers are pushing back.

The #GenZStare isn’t just a TikTok trend. It’s raising real questions about soft skills, social anxiety, and how AI and the pandemic have reshaped workplace norms.
But is it poor etiquette, or just the face of a generation quietly processing nonsense?
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Study finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved focus A ban on mobile phones and other electronic devices in Dutch schools has improved focus among students, a study commissioned by the Dutch government found.

Smartphone bans in Dutch schools are showing results:
75% see improved student focus
60% better social climate
1 in 3 higher academic performance

Looking long term, maybe the real win isn’t better grades—
It’s raising kids who can focus and connect.

#FutureOfWork
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What Big Tech's Band of Execs Will Do in the Army Meta CTO Andrew "Boz" Bosworth and leaders from OpenAI and Palantir have joined a detachment intended to make the US Armed Forces "leaner, smarter, and more lethal."

A new Pentagon program is commissioning top AI execs from Meta, OpenAI, Palantir & others as reservist lieutenant colonels to inject Silicon Valley skills into the military.

But what does this fusion of Big Tech and defense really mean?

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It’s Known as ‘The List’—and It’s a Secret File of AI Geniuses Only a select few researchers have the skills for the hottest area in tech. Mark Zuckerberg and his rivals want to hire them—even if it takes pay packages of $100 million.

It seems Zuckerberg is personally courting top researchers from OpenAI and DeepMind (with offers up to $100M) to build #Meta 's “superintelligence” team.

As the race for elite #AITalent intensifies, could it also be widening wage polarization across the labor market?

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Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features Amendment to law will strengthen protection against digital imitations of people’s identities, government says

In Denmark, your face, voice and body may soon be yours again, even in the age of #AI.
A new #law will let people claim #copyright over their own likeness and demand removal of #deepfakes shared without consent.
Will this become the norm?
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Between opportunity and obsolescence: The human side of the AI revolution The accelerated arrival of artificial intelligence is transforming the world of work at an unprecedented pace. For workers, this…

The accelerated arrival of #Ai is transforming the world of work at an unprecedented pace. For workers’ #employability, this transformation represents a double-edged sword.
#FutureOfWork 
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‘One day I overheard my boss saying: just put it in ChatGPT’: the workers who lost their jobs to AI From a radio host replaced by avatars to a comic artist whose drawings have been copied by Midjourney, how does it feel to be replaced by a bot?

How does it feel to be replaced by a bot?
#AI #automation #futureofwork

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Trump's sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal's work Nearly three months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.

Microsoft cancels ICC prosecutor Karim Khan’s email account amid U.S. pressure over his pursuit of Israeli and Hamas leaders. Big Tech steps into global justice politics. #ICC #KarimKhan #Microsoft
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The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis

New meta-analysis shows that ChatGPT has a large positive impact on improving learning performance, and a moderately positive impact on enhancing learning perception and fostering higher-order thinking.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

AI of dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court Clip of Chris Pelkey, who died in 2021, says: ‘I believe in forgiveness’ after his sister fed an AI model videos of him

In a world-first, an AI recreation of a road rage victim was presented in court. Chris Pelkey, killed in Arizona, was “brought back” by his mother using old videos and voice clips. The digital Chris spoke to jurors—raising profound legal and ethical questions.
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Time saved by AI offset by new work created, study suggests Survey of 2023–2024 data finds that AI created more tasks for 8.4 percent of workers.

Survey of 2023–2024 data finds that AI created more tasks for 8.4 percent of workers.
#FutureOfWork
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Dario Amodei — The Urgency of Interpretability

The urgency of interpretability.
Very thought provoking article by @anthropic.com 's Dario Amodei.
www.darioamodei.com/post/the-urg...

Does Reinforcement Learning Really Incentivize Reasoning Capacity in LLMs Beyond the Base Model? Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR) has recently demonstrated notable success in enhancing the reasoning capabilities of LLMs, particularly in mathematics and programming tasks. It i...

New study challenges a key belief about Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR) for #LLMs:
#RLVR boosts efficiency but doesn't create new reasoning skills — #AI base models already had them!
arxiv.org/abs/2504.13837

Pope Francis’ legacy in the world of work Following the passing of Pope Francis this week, I believe it’s worth reflecting on his profound legacy in matters of work and social…

Pope Francis has also left a profound legacy in the world of work: a vision centered on human dignity, inclusion, and the value of care. In this article, I reflect on his impact and what we can learn from it in the field of people management.
#FutureOfWork
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Learning Styles, Preferences, or Strategies? An Explanation for the Resurgence of Styles Across Many Meta-analyses - Educational Psychology Review The persistence of learning styles as a concept in educational discourse and research is paradoxical, given the overwhelming evidence discrediting the matching hypothesis, the notion that aligning tea...

"Learning styles" are a persistent myth. A new meta-analysis confirms: matching teaching to supposed preferences doesn’t boost learning. Let's focus instead on adaptable strategies, error management, effortful learning, and the AHA joy of discovery.
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As shown in these two charts by Palle Broe, we are in an era of #AI startups with tiny teams, massive revenues and valuations.
Maybe the challenge isn’t to justify #HR — but to radically redesign its value for organizations..

Are we ready for that conversation?

#FutureOfWork

New paper by Google DeepMind outlines safety & security strategies to address the risks of AGI misuse (when bad actors use AGI for harm) and AGI misalignment (when AGI itself pursues goals not aligned with human values)
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Can #AIagents predict human #leadership skills?

New research explores how leadership behavior with AI teammates correlates with leadership effectiveness in human teams—highlighting a novel approach for assessing leadership competencies.

www.nber.org/system/files... #Leadership #AI #FutureOfWork

Loyalty, stability, and career: three work concepts that no longer mean the same The future of work is a topic generating growing interest due to the rapid social, economic, and technological changes we are experiencing…

What are the causes and implications that key work concepts such as loyalty, stability, and career no longer mean the same?
#FutureOfWork
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YouTube video by Diario AS RONALD REAGAN vs. TARIFFS: 1987 speech gains NEW LIFE in 2025

Ronald Reagan on #tariffs (1987)

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Monitoring Reasoning Models for Misbehavior and the Risks of Promoting Obfuscation Mitigating reward hacking--where AI systems misbehave due to flaws or misspecifications in their learning objectives--remains a key challenge in constructing capable and aligned models. We show that w...

New research shows frontier reasoning models do exploit loopholes when they can. An LLM can detect misbehavior by monitoring their chain-of-thought...
…but punishing “bad thoughts” just makes them hide their intent.
#AIRisks 
arxiv.org/abs/2503.11926

HR on Hayakawa’s ladder: Why we need to elevate our perspective Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (1906–1992) was an American linguist and politician of Japanese descent. He served as president of San Francisco…

Why do #HR teams often get bogged down in day-to-day firefighting, never quite reaching the root of the problem?
Hayakawa’s "ladder of abstraction" might explain why — and how to climb higher.

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Lost in Translation: Artificial Intelligence and the Demand for… Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have sparked debate over its employment effects, yet evidence on AI’s labor market impacts remains…

Does AI spell trouble for translators? New research shows a major shift underway! But the threat isn't new—tools like Google Translate have been reshaping translator jobs and foreign language demand for years. What's next for human translators?
#FutureOfWork
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Can AI become our new teammate? New research shows how generative AI reshapes teamwork as it replicates certain benefits of human collaboration, breaks down silos, and even boosts emotional engagement at work.
#FutureOfWork
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YouTube video by eroosters John Cleese vs Extremism

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If human intelligence is declining, what does that mean for our ability to navigate the future? With economic uncertainty, geopolitical tensions, and an unprecedented technological shift, are we ready for the cognitive demands ahead?

RECURSOS HUMANOS: ¿Dónde estamos? ¿Adónde vamos? - Libros de Cabecera Si buscas inspirar, liderar y transformar la función de Recursos Humanos en tu organización, este libro es tu compañero de ruta.

My new book, "Recursos Humanos: ¿dónde estamos? ¿adónde vamos?", exploring the present and future of #HR function in organizations, is now available!

Available only in Spanish (for now).

#FutureOfWork #RRHHdondeestamos

Spanish speakers, get your copy here:

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Typing loudly, wearing AirPods: ‘taskmasking’ is how gen Z pretends to work at the office As more companies mandate a return to the office, young workers learn to game the system to take back control

Faced with #RTO mandates, young workers are perfecting the art of #taskmasking (looking busy while doing less). Is this quiet rebellion a sign of a deeper shift in work culture?
#FutureOfWork

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