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AI is reshaping recruitment from both ends of the process, with new platforms automating candidate interviews and shortlisting while the rise of agent-to-agent interactions introduces fresh trust challenges around ghost jobs and fake applicants. On the regulatory front, California signed a wave of bills strengthening AI protections for workers, and the newly Senate-confirmed U.S. Secretary of Labor steps into a role where AI's impact on hiring — including dismissed racial bias claims and concerns that AI may disadvantage women in communication — remains sharply contested. Benefits, compliance, and workforce analytics are also in motion, as Alight acquires Abett, Gusto expands into multi-state hiring and PEO services, and a new analysis pegs the annual cost of return-to-office mandates at roughly $6,700 per employee.
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A Johns Hopkins study found that chatbots prompted with woman-associated language generated less linguistically complex responses than those prompted with man-associated language, according to HR Dive — raising bias concerns for HR teams using AI-generated communications or assessments.
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