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LinkedIn Tests AI-Driven Hiring Assistant, Full Launch Expected In 2025
- Written by Kiara Fabbri Former Tech News Writer
- Fact-Checked by Justyn Newman Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
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- LinkedIn’s new Hiring Assistant automates recruitment tasks like sourcing and candidate outreach.
- The AI tool builds candidate pipelines based on hiring goals and job descriptions.
- It’s available in English initially, with plans for additional languages later.
LinkedIn has launched its latest AI tool: the Hiring Assistant . This new feature, currently in testing with select enterprise clients, promises to streamline recruitment tasks by automating the process of drafting job descriptions, sourcing candidates, and managing outreach.
This news follows last month’s criticism of LinkedIn for using user data to train its AI models without explicitly informing users beforehand .
Expected to launch widely in late 2025, the Hiring Assistant represents a major push by LinkedIn into the AI-driven recruitment space. The Hiring Assistant is designed to assist recruiters at each stage of the hiring process.
By analyzing user-generated notes and company hiring goals, the AI builds a pipeline of candidates, identifying applicants, drafting initial outreach messages, and answering basic candidate questions about the role.
The tool can operate autonomously, continuously sourcing new candidates even while recruiters conduct interviews with others.
The assistant will also integrate with third-party application tracking systems, but is primarily trained on LinkedIn’s own network data, covering 1 billion users, 68 million companies, and a database of over 41,000 skills, as reported by TechCrunch.
Currently available only in English, the Hiring Assistant is expected to support more languages as development progresses. The platform will initially deploy the assistant to large enterprises, with companies like AMD, Canva, Siemens, and Zurich Insurance among the early testers, noted TechCrunch .
In addition to handling basic recruitment tasks, LinkedIn intends to equip the Hiring Assistant with features for managing candidate interactions, from scheduling interviews to coordinating follow-ups, noted TechCrunch.
While LinkedIn has used AI in its backend for years—often in ways that anticipate user connections—this is one of its most direct applications aimed squarely at LinkedIn’s B2B recruitment clients, said TechCrunch.
As LinkedIn increasingly relies on artificial intelligence to power new functionalities, the Hiring Assistant could reshape how recruiters find and engage top talent in a competitive market.
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Alphabet Reports Profitable Quarter as Cloud Revenue Rises 35% Due to AI
- Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
- Fact-Checked by Justyn Newman Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
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- Alphabet’s third-quarter results surpassed expectations
- Google Cloud revenues increased by 35% thanks to AI investments
- Alphabet’s revenues increased 15% to $88.27 billion
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, reported a 35% surge in its cloud services and increased revenues in YouTube ads sales in this third quarter, claiming its AI efforts and investments have been successful. The official results shared in the company’s report were better than analysts expected.
“The momentum across the company is extraordinary. Our commitment to Innovation, as well as our long-term focus and investment in AI, are paying off with consumers and partners benefiting from our AI tools,” said Sundar Pichai, Alphabet’s CEO.
According to Reuters , the tech giant’s shares rose 6% on Tuesday, surpassing both earnings and revenue expectations.
The cloud business grew to $11.35 billion while analysts estimated $10.86 billion. Digital advertising sales increased 10%—at a slower pace compared to the previous quarter—showing steady results. “YouTube’s total ads and subscription revenues surpassed $50 billion over the past four quarters for the first time”, states the document.
In total, Alphabet’s revenues increased 15% to $88.27 billion, and experts predicted $86.30 billion.
“Alphabet is the first major tech name to report earnings, and it hasn’t disappointed,” said Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, to Reuters. The analyst explained that the cloud growth looks strong and that it’s proof that it has been boosted by “the AI revolution.”
Anat Ashkenazi, Alphabet’s new chief financial officer, said the company’s expenditure will be higher next year. The company recently announced its plans to invest $3.3 billion in multiple data centers in South Carolina and a capital expenditure of $13 million in the last quarter. Google also recently announced an investment of $5.8 million to accelerate AI skills development across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Alphabet’s keeps growing strong despite the antitrust investigations from Italian authorities and antitrust cases in the United States.
