The New York Times has reported on the collapse of Kenya's academic ghostwriting industry, which at its height supported more than 40,000 people in Nairobi writing essays for students at foreign universities. Chatbots do the same job now, instantly, for a fraction of the price. The work is gone, and the piece finds few paths back for the people who did it. The moral status of … [Read more...] about Collapse of Kenya’s academic ghostwriting industry
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UBS Now Requires AI Skills From Junior Investment Banking Hires
Simon Foy reports in the Financial Times that UBS has made AI skills a hiring requirement for junior investment bankers, which by the FT's reckoning makes it one of the first large financial institutions to write AI literacy into the spec rather than treating it as a nice-to-have. Banks have been quietly using models for two years in research summarization, document review, … [Read more...] about UBS Now Requires AI Skills From Junior Investment Banking Hires