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S6:E7 - An Intricate Job Recruitment Scam, a Law Against Some AI-Powered Recruitment Software, and We Give You Holiday Tech Support, Support
In this episode, we talk about a lawsuit filed by Riot Games against fraudsters of an intricate video game studio scam, and a New York City law that will ban employers from using potentially biased AI-driven recruitment software to screen candidates. Then we speak with Rob Frelow, co-founder & chief AI officer of The StoryGraph, who has 15 years of experience being a tech support engineer, to give you lifehacks for your holiday family tech support woes.
Show Notes
- Starport (DevNews) (sponsor)
- DevDiscuss (sponsor)
- CodeNewbie (sponsor)
- Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (DevNews) (sponsor)
- They thought they got their dream job at Riot Games — but it was a scam
- New NYC law restricts hiring based on artificial intelligence
- The StoryGraph
- FaceTime Screen Share
- Jitsi Meet
Rob Frelow
Rob Frelow is co-founder and chief AI officer of The StoryGraph, a place to get book recommendations and track your reading.
My wife ALMOST got conned into the same thing, except it was for a writing job - nothing to do with IT, except that it was all online. Exact same process, lots of interviews via online communications tools. Reputable employer (who knew nothing about this scam). They even made her bid for some of the work. Then at the end, they said they were going to ship her some equipment. At that point, I said, "Wait to see if they ship it or if you have to pay for it first", the latter of which, of course, is what happened.