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Someone claims to have used AI to apply to 2,843 jobs


A 404 Media reporter writes about how he used an AI tool to apply for thousands of jobs without lifting a finger.

404 Media’s Jason Koebler writes about how he used a free tool, AI Hawk, to apply for 17 jobs in an hour while working a restaurant shift — only stopping when he’d reached 2,843. The tool automatically entered Koebler’s bio info, generated resumes, wrote customized cover letters, and checked all the necessary (and literal) boxes before filing the paperwork on his behalf. As Koebler writes, the effects on candidates filling out applications the old-fashioned way aren’t yet clear.

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