Biased bots: AI hiring managers shortlist candidates with AI resumes When AI runs recruiting, the winning move is using the same bot Job seekers who use the same AI model to compose their resumes as the AI model used to evaluate their application are more likely to advance through the hiring process than those submitting human-written materials, according to researchers.… #theregister #IT
AI models handling hiring shun human-written applications
: When AI runs recruiting, the winning move is using the same bot
ServiceNow signs Uncle Sam's latest short-term AI discount deal The first one's always free - or at least deeply discounted for the first year Not wanting to miss the opportunity to grow its federal footprint, ServiceNow has signed a deal to offer the US government discounts on its latest AI innovations. … #theregister #IT
GSA’s OneGov lock-in express picks up ServiceNow AI
: The first one's always free - or at least deeply discounted for the first year
Absolutely fabless: Trump derails TSMC's China chip-building effort World's largest foundry operator joins Samsung and SK Hynix, which recently lost their validated end-user status The Trump administration terminated the world's largest foundry operator's validated end-user (VEU) status this week in an apparent bid to push Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) out of China.… #theregister #IT
The US just made it harder for TSMC to make chips in China
: World's largest foundry operator joins Samsung and SK Hynix, which recently lost their validated end-user status
It looks like you’re ransoming data. Would you like some help? AI-powered ransomware, extortion chatbots, vibe hacking … just wait until agents replace affiliates It's no secret that AI tools make it easier for cybercriminals to steal sensitive data and then extort victim organizations. But two recent developments illustrate exactly how much LLMs lower the bar for ransomware and other financial… #theregister #IT
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: AI-powered ransomware, extortion chatbots, vibe hacking … just wait until agents replace affiliates
EU court's dismissal of US data transfer challenge raises privacy advocates' ire Now you've gone and done it: Privacy lawyer says he's working on challenge to 2023 Data Protection Framework The European Union General Court (EGC) has rejected a challenge to the US-EU Data Privacy Framework (DPF) allowing data to continue flowing across the pond, but the challenges are unlikely to stop there.… #theregister #IT
EU court allows Data Protection Framework to stand
: Now you've gone and done it: Privacy lawyer says he's working on challenge to 2023 Data Protection Framework
Gitpod reinvents itself as Ona in pivot to AI agent platform From cloud IDEs to autonomous assistants, company says future is agentic Gitpod, best known for cloud-hosted dev environments, has rebranded as Ona and is now pitching itself as an AI agent platform.… #theregister #IT
Gitpod rebrands as Ona, now an AI-driven dev platform
: From cloud IDEs to autonomous assistants, company says future is agentic
Space Command gets Trumped out of Colorado, voting conspiracy cited New Alabama HQ to be named the Donald J. Trump Space Command Center, says local Senator The US President, Donald Trump, has announced his intention to relocate the US Space Command headquarters from its current location in Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama.… #theregister #IT
Space Command gets Trumped out of Colorado
: New Alabama HQ to be named the Donald J. Trump Space Command Center, says local Senator
Matrix.org homeserver grinds to a halt after RAID meltdown Engineers wrangle 55 TB restore and traffic replay as millions of messages queue up A RAID failure has taken the Matrix.org homeserver offline, leaving users of the decentralized messaging service unable to send or receive messages while engineers attempt a 55 TB database restore.… #theregister #IT
Matrix.org homeserver grinds to a halt after RAID meltdown
: Engineers wrangle 55 TB restore and traffic replay as millions of messages queue up
Tech talent biz Andela trains up devs in GitHub Copilot The beatings will continue until usage improves Techie hiring service Andela says it has trained 200 software developers in the nuances of GitHub Copilot as part of a multi-year effort to bridge the alleged AI talent gap.… #theregister #IT
Tech talent firm Andela trains up devs in GitHub Copilot
: The beatings will continue until usage improves
FreeBSD Project isn't ready to let AI commit code just yet But it's OK to use it for docs and translations The latest status report from the FreeBSD Project says no thanks to code generated by LLM-based assistants.… #theregister #IT
FreeBSD Project isn
: But it's OK to use it for docs and translations