Someone sent an AI clone to their job interview.
AI avatars are turning up on both sides of the job interview, Philippine electronics exports are headed for a record $54 billion on AI demand, and Google switches off Assistant on September 4.
AI clones are sitting job interviews
A Sydney recruiter has now cut short three video interviews after realising the person answering was an AI avatar, a digital stand-in built to copy a real applicant's face and voice.
AI demand lifts PH exports to $54 billion
Industry group SEIPI doubled its growth forecast and now expects Philippine electronics and semiconductor exports to reach a record $53 to $54 billion this year, on demand for the parts that feed AI and data centers.
Google Assistant switches off Sept 4
Google is shutting Google Assistant down on Android phones and Wear OS watches from September 4 and handing the microphone to Gemini, its newer chat assistant.
OpenAI's first gadget is a doughnut
Bloomberg reports OpenAI's first device is a screenless speaker shaped like a doughnut about the size of a hockey puck, with parts that move while it talks, and a price over $300.
Meta to staff: build more, rest less
Meta technology chief Andrew Bosworth told employees to stop asking for extra time off now that AI makes them faster, and to spend the hours it saves building cooler stuff instead.