A.I. Action Plans + The College Student Who Broke Job Interviews + Hot Mess Express
March 21, 2025 · 1 h 2 min
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Show notes
With all of Silicon Valley weighing in on the Trump administration’s new action plan for artificial intelligence, Kevin and Casey break down what’s on everybody’s wish list. Then, a Columbia undergrad explains why he built a tool that lets coders use A.I. to cheat on job interviews. And finally, we climb aboard the Hot Mess Express to talk Solana’s anti-woke ad, anxious A.I. algorithms and Slack spycraft in the world of H.R.
Guest:
• Roy Lee, Columbia sophomore and founder of Interview Coder
Additional Reading:
• America Crafts an A.I. Action Plan • Meet the 21-Year-Old Helping Coders Use A.I. to Cheat in Google and Other Tech Job Interviews • Solana Pulls Ad After Huge Backlash • Digital Therapists Get Stressed Too, Study Finds • Rippling Sues Deel, a Software Rival, Over Corporate Spying
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