China Bets on Technology to Resist U.S. Pressure - The New York Times

A survey of 181 commercial HVAC service technicians was conducted to test the widely held assumption that field technicians resist digital technology, and to identify what separates the technology they value from the technology they do not. The study found that willingness is not the constraint. It is high and does not vary with tenure: 78% say digital tools make their work easier, 96% want more training, and technicians with more than 10 years in the trade are no less receptive than those with fewer than three. Yet the typical technician reports that technology has helped as much as it has hurt—a net return of zero—and only one in seven works with both the information and the connectivity that deployed software assumes. Technicians consider technology useful when it helps them arrive at the job with key information, and when the technology shortens diagnosis. Technology that makes coordination easier (e.g., paperwork and dispatch, which represents the majority of current field technology) showed inconclusive results on its helpfulness or harm. FTL concludes that technicians benefit most from technology that helps them solve problems in the field.

Is a video of an AI agent representing a job candidate during an interview by an AI recruiter real? No, that's not true: The video showing the chaos of two AI agents talking to each other during the interview was staged as a parody, according to the content creator. "They're staged, but not scripted," he said. The claim originated in a video (archived here) posted on the Graham Dot Zip YouTube channel on October 12, 2026, under the title "I Sent an AI to My Job Interview. So Did the Company. " The caption read:The company sent an AI recruiter to interview me, so I sent an AI to represent me. Then I sat in the meeting and watched the two of them discuss my career. This is what the first frame of the video looked like on YouTube at the time of writing:Source: Graham Dot Zip YouTube ChannelClick below to watch the video on YouTube:The video starts with the creator, Graham Dot Zip, introducing his AI assistant, Victor, to the AI agent conducting the interview. "Victor is my representative," he said. "He's just here because he knows my resume better than I do. "Victor then overstates Graham's work experience, despite Graham's attempt at correcting him.

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