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This week on The Interface: Is AI quietly sending your resume to the graveyard?

Karen begins with the growing role of AI in hiring and why it may be far more impactful and worrisome than most job seekers realize. Automated hiring systems are now used across much of the labor market, and Stanford researchers say a handful of dominant models are creating an “algorithmic monoculture” in which the same software can influence outcomes at multiple employers. Their recent study of more than 4 million applications found repeated racial disparities in AI-based screening, increasing the risks for anyone applying in a market where software can assess you before a human does. We look at how these systems scan resumes, how candidates try to manipulate them, and what happens when tools designed to “streamline” recruiting silently decide who never gets a chance.

Also this week: Thomas asks whether slow messaging might actually be better for us than instant…