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The future of HR is AI: What it means 💼

🧑‍💻️ IBM leader dishes about using AI in HR, Microsoft's AI is in copyright promise, creating viral vertical clips from your long-form videos, and more!

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Everyday AI
September 08, 2023

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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: AI is taking over the HR space from top to bottom. From the hiring process to internal procedures, and more. So how can we make sure AI is used responsibly? Give it a listen.

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🧠 Learn & Leveraging AI: Whether AI shows up in your next interview or with your HR department, it is coming. So what can you do to prepare? Keep reading for that!

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The future of AI in HR: What it all means 💁

“AI will take your job.”

We’ve heard it all before. But what about AI being your next interviewer or even your next employer?

What does AI in HR look like and how can it be done responsibly?

We have an industry leader from IBM here to answer that.

Jen Kirkwood, Partner, Ethical HR & AI at IBM, joins us to discuss how AI is transforming HR and ways to use it responsibly.

Join the conversation and ask Jen and Jordan any questions about AI in HR.

Also on the pod today:

• Avoiding bias when using AI in HR 🙅
• Are enterprise companies using AI? 🏢
• What's the future of AI in HR? 🔮

It’ll be worth your 31 minutes:

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Here’s our favorite AI finds from across the web:

New AI Tool Spotlight – myReach acts as your second brain to store knowledge, Bento auto-creates guides from existing articles and recordings, and Blabigo helps you grow your personal brand on LinkedIn.

Big Tech – Looks like TSMC, the factory that creates NVIDIA, AMD, and Apple chips, may have a shortage on their hands that’ll last 18 months.

Trending in AI - Anthropic just launched its Claude Pro for $20 per month.

Pop Culture – Time just announced its list of the top 100 most influential people in AI.

AI in Politics – The senators of Connecticut and Missouri plan to announce a framework to regulate AI.

1. Microsoft's pledging legal protection for some users🔥

Microsoft has pledged to help with any legal troubles from commercial users for any copyright infringement over material generated by its Copilot 365 AI suite in an effort to reassure customers. What’s that mean? Well, Microsoft seems pretty confident that Copilot will be safe for commercial use.

2. Imbue's AI Funding Skyrockets Valuation 🚀

Imbue is riding high on a fresh influx of cash, securing $200 million in funding and catapulting its valuation to over a billion dollars. This AI startup's meteoric rise showcases the tech world's confidence in its potential and the broader AI landscape. With such a significant investment, the future looks bright for Imbue.

3. Gizmodo's AI Move: Spanish Writers Out, Robots In 🤖

Gizmodo's taking a bold step in its Spanish edition, replacing human writers with AI-driven content generators. It's a move that's sparking debate about the role of AI in journalism and the value of human touch in storytelling. While it promises efficiency, questions about quality and authenticity loom large.

4. Morgan Stanley's AI Investing Chatbot 💰

Morgan Stanley is embracing the future of finance, launching an OpenAI-powered chatbot to offer investment advice. This is a sign of the evolving landscape of financial services, where AI meets traditional banking. Whether you're an investor or just AI-curious, this is a game-changer.

5. GenAI's Chip Triumph: Revenue Bounces Back 📈

After a lull, the chip industry is celebrating its first quarterly revenue increase since 2021, and GenAI is at the heart of this resurgence. Their innovations and strategies have breathed new life into the sector, signaling a potential turnaround for the industry. In a world increasingly reliant on tech, this is big news. 

Create Viral Vertical Videos Using AI! 📲

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🤷‍♂️ What’s Going On and Why It Matters:

If you want a job or a promotion, then today’s episode is for you.

(Wait, that’s all of us, right?)

Whether you know it or not, the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Human Resources is going to impact us all.

From applicant screening to employee performance, AI is touching every aspect of the job market and even departmental growth.

Trickiest part?

There’s dozens of big picture implications when it comes to HR and AI. Luckily for us, we had a leader in the global HR space join our show and tell us all up from down.

Jen Kirkwood, Partner, Ethical HR & AI at IBM, dished all and schooled us in the art (and science) of AI and HR!

If you missed our show, you might wanna go check it out and go ask Jen a question.

If you want the skinny, here it is: AI is quickly revolutionizing the entire HR industry. And in the end, soooo much of the responsibility for a company’s AI efforts lies in HR’s hands.

From ethics and governance to implementation and real-life use-cases, Jen covered it all.

Want more?

Grab your popcorn. Show’s starting 👇

🦾How You Can Leverage:

Maybe you’re in HR.

Maybe you’re not.

Either way, the future of the workplace largely depends on what kinda AI recipes the HR department is cooking up.

Jen gave us a tour of the kitchen, though, so we can all prepare for what’s coming. (And she knows a thing or three, given her 28+ years of experience and even serving on IBM’s AI Ethics Board.)

What should we be aware of with AI in HR? How are work policies changing? Will future HR departments just be cute robots that beep-boop policies?

Let’s give it the 1-2-3 treatment on how we can keep up 👇

1 – Know the HR future is hybrid 🤖

Jen was unequivocal in her statement — the future of HR is a hybrid mix of AI and personal human touch. The power of Generative AI is too much to overlook. Yet, Human Resources is too …. Er, HUMAN … to completely automate.

Try this:
Ready for some deep listening? McKinsey did a deep dive recently on the future of HR with Generative AI. Go give it a read/listen.

2 – Know the AI rules 📃

Red tape and HR? Who woulda thought?

Jokes aside, the legal side of AI and HR is a big deal. Jen mentioned a handful of privacy and legal concerns in ethical implementation of AI, mentioning everything from the highly visible NYC 144 law on restrictions on AI in hiring, to the OFCCP initiative to restrict certain AI-powered hiring tools.

Try this:
We get it. That’s a lotta legal to digest.

Luckily, Jen already broke down some of the most important AI laws for people in Human Resources and Talent Acquisition. Go read her overview here.

3 – Get governance in order 🧑‍⚖️

Jen brought up SUCH a good point — employees in companies big and small want to use Generative AI tools. And here’s a secret, HR peeps: many of your employees are already using GenAI tools and keeping it to themselves. Better to address the elephant in the room, right? And employees — you should consider talking to your HR peeps if you’re using GenAI and talk about best practices.

Try this:
Like Jen suggested, HR departments should tackle the AI gray area with some Governance 101.

Jen mentioned by name our episode on governance with Katharina Koerner, and we’d also recommend checking out our show with John Chiapppetta on governance, and our talk with fellow IBMer Moe Alo on ethics

Now This …

Enough of this HR talk. My head hurts. Is it the weekend yet?

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