
Oleeo chief defends AI screening as 2.5 jobseekers chase each vacancy
AI screening should not be abandoned in response to Andy Burnham's criticism, Oleeo founder Charles Hipps has said, citing 2.5 jobseekers per UK vacancy.
Artificial intelligence coverage with the Business Matters filter: not the hype cycle, but what AI adoption actually looks like inside UK firms – the tools, the costs, the failures, and the regulation heading down the track.

AI screening should not be abandoned in response to Andy Burnham's criticism, Oleeo founder Charles Hipps has said, citing 2.5 jobseekers per UK vacancy.

LinkedIn AI slop button: users can now privately flag posts they suspect are AI-generated, as the platform scraps its own AI 'enhance your post' tool.

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