AI Recruiting Gets a Boost as New Interview Agents and Hiring Surges

A wave of developments is reshaping talent acquisition. HackerRank’s new “Chakra” AI interviewing agent, now generally available, runs full coding interviews, tracks candidate activity in real‑time and issues detailed reports, with half‑a‑million interviews already completed in its beta…

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PayJoy Acquires Finia AI Assets to Boost AI‑Powered Underwriting for Emerging‑Market Consumers

PayJoy, a fintech serving more than 20 million customers in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, announced on Oct. 12, 2026 that it has purchased key assets of Mexico‑based Finia AI. Finia’s AI‑driven underwriting platform, built to evaluate micro‑businesses with scarce financial…

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PayJoy Acquires Finia AI Assets to Boost AI‑Powered Underwriting for Emerging‑Market Micro‑Businesses

PayJoy, the fintech serving over 20 million customers in Latin America, Africa and Asia, announced on Oct. 12, 2026 that it has bought key strategic assets from Mexico‑based Finia AI. Finia’s AI‑driven underwriting platform was designed for micro‑businesses that lack formal…

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Regulators and Insurers Brace for AI‑Driven Liability as NAIC Framework Nears Adoption

State regulators are tightening oversight while insurers grapple with new exposure from AI agents. The NAIC’s AI Risk Evaluation Supplement, now in version 5.0, expands to cover machine‑learning and large language models, setting a standardized examination framework that…

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AI‑Driven Supply‑Chain Planning Gains Traction but Faces Scale‑Up Hurdles

Key developments: – Executives are increasingly turning to AI to turn fragmented operational data into faster, more visible decisions, a shift driven by rising pressure to predict disruptions and manage costs. – McKinsey’s 2024 survey shows 90% of…

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AI Supply‑Chain Planning Gains Momentum Yet Remains Human‑Centred

Key developments: – Gartner’s latest survey shows that autonomous AI‑driven planning will stay limited, with just 5% of firms expected to let AI make at least 10% of decisions by 2030, underscoring that AI is still an assistive…

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AI‑Driven Procurement Gains Momentum as Enterprises Push for Smarter Sourcing

Key developments: Recent reports show procurement is shifting from manual, spreadsheet‑based searches to AI‑orchestrated sourcing. PRMAI describes AI now automatically surfacing relevant vendors and pricing, turning procurement from a lookup function into a proactive matching engine. At the…

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AI networking gets a hardware refresh as major chipmakers unveil open‑rack solutions for next‑gen data‑centers

Key developments – Meta introduced a custom “N‑IceCube” AI network switch built around Nvidia’s Spectrum‑6 ASICs, signaling a move toward proprietary, high‑density switching for AI workloads. – Nvidia released the Vera Rubin rack and tray designs to the…

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Microsoft’s Maia 300 and AMD’s Helion signal a new wave of custom AI chips and massive‑scale racks

The AI‑chip landscape is shifting from reliance on off‑the‑shelf GPUs to purpose‑built silicon designed for specific data‑center workloads. Microsoft’s third‑generation Maia 300 chip promises “40% more tokens per megawatt than leading GPU‑based systems” and is slated for production…

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