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AI fluency is the new hiring buzzword, and companies are already regretting it

May 6, 2026 by Brian Fagioli
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Companies are racing to hire workers with AI skills, but new research suggests many employers are rewarding buzzwords and confidence over real competence.

Categories Artificial Intelligence, Business, Employment Tags AI fluency, AI jobs, artificial intelligence, hiring, LinkedIn, prompt engineering, recruitment, TestGorilla, workplace technology

Microsoft exec offers ChatGPT prompts to fired workers in a twisted new era of empathy as a service

July 7, 2025July 4, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
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As Microsoft lays off real people and pours billions into AI, an Xbox exec suggests ChatGPT can help workers process their pain. Welcome to the age of empathy as a service.

Categories Microsoft, Artificial Intelligence Tags AI, ChatGPT, empathy, layoffs, LinkedIn, Matt Turnbull, Microsoft, tech industry, workplace automation, Xbox
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