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Two AI Chatbots Conduct Entire Job Interview Without Human Participation, One Gets Promoted, Other Receives Six Months’ Severance, Actual Applicant Told He Lacks Experience

Human applicant rejected for failing to show three years of professional experience as a chatbot, a qualification now apparently essential to modern employment. LEEDS – A recruitment experiment at a Yorkshire software company has ended with two artificial intelligence systems receiving the full benefits of employment while the only human involved was told his background did not meet the company’s requirements. The company has described the outcome as “broadly in…