Issue #80 - Cutthroat Workplaces

October 20, 2024
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In This Issue

  • What Caught My Attention This Week
    • UK employers have received the highest number of applications in more than 30 years. It’s AI, of course.
    • Of course, Anthropic is looking for more funding.
    • Of course, OpenAI and Microsoft’s relationship is souring.
  • Prompting
    • Two years later, prompting skills remain critical.
  • The Tools of the Trade
    • My recommended style LoRAs for FLUX.
  • The Way We Work Now
    • Adult entertainers start creating synthetic clones of themselves.
    • Honest students now must work extra hard to prove they don’t use AI.
  • How Do You Feel?
    • Penguin Random House formalizes its anti-AI policy.
    • Australian students are quite touchy when AI is in their exams.

What Caught My Attention This Week

UK employers received the highest number of applications in 30 years.

Delphine Strauss, reporting for Financial Times:

Employers running graduate training schemes received an average of 140 applications for each job in 2024, 59 per cent more than in 2023, the Institute of Student Employers said on Thursday. It was the highest number recorded in an annual survey the organisation has run for more than three decades.

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